پاپ

See also: تأت, باب, بات, تاب, تأب, and باپ

Persian

Alternative forms

پاب (pâb), پاپا (pâpâ)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːp/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːp]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːp]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːp]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːp]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔp]

Readings
Classical reading^?	pāp
Dari reading^?	pāp
Iranian reading^?	pâp
Tajik reading^?	pop

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pape ; or perhaps from Vulgar Latin papa (“title for priests & bishops, esp. & by 8th c. only the bishop of Rome”). Since in Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ dictionary (17th century) saw this word in forms: پاپا , پاب and پاپ.^[1]

Proper noun

پاپ • (pâp)

Pope
― pâp ferânsis ― Pope Francis

Etymology 2

Probably from English pop.

Adjective

پاپ • (pâp)

(music) pop
― musiqi-ye pâp ― pop music

― âhang-e pâp ― pop song

Noun

پاپ • (pâp)

(music) pop music

References

^ Ben xalaf tabrizi, Mohammad Hosayn, Editor: Mohammad Moin , Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ (برهان قاطع) (In Persian), V:I , Amir Kabir pub. , Tehran, 1958 →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाप (pāpa).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑːp/

Noun

پاپ • (pāp) m (Hindi spelling पाप)

sin

[1] Ben xalaf tabrizi, Mohammad Hosayn, Editor: Mohammad Moin , Burhān-i-Qāṭiʿ (برهان قاطع) (In Persian), V:I , Amir Kabir pub. , Tehran, 1958 →ISBN

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