चाप

See also: चुप, चाँपो, and Appendix:Variations of "capa"

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːp/, [t͡ʃäːp]

Etymology 1

From Prakrit *चप्प (cappa), from Prakrit चप्पइ (cappaï, to press). See there for more.

Noun

चाप • (cāpf (Urdu spelling چاپ)

  1. footsteps
  2. pressing, applying pressure (act)
Declension
Declension of चाप (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चाप
cāp
चापें
cāpẽ
oblique चाप
cāp
चापों
cāpõ
vocative चाप
cāp
चापो
cāpo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit चाप (cāpa).

Noun

चाप • (cāpm (Urdu spelling چاپ)

  1. bow
    Synonyms: धनुष (dhanuṣ), कमान (kamān)
Declension
Declension of चाप (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चाप
cāp
चाप
cāp
oblique चाप
cāp
चापों
cāpõ
vocative चाप
cāp
चापो
cāpo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably related to Persian چپ (čap, left); see there for more.[1] Probably not related to the Dravidian word family represented by Malayalam ചാമ്പു (cāmpu, length).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

चाप • (cāpa) stemm or n

  1. bow
  2. (geometry) arc

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चाप
singular dual plural
nominative चापः (cāpaḥ) चापौ (cāpau) चापाः (cāpāḥ)
accusative चापम् (cāpam) चापौ (cāpau) चापान् (cāpān)
instrumental चापेन (cāpena) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापैः (cāpaiḥ)
dative चापाय (cāpāya) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ)
ablative चापात् (cāpāt) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ)
genitive चापस्य (cāpasya) चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) चापानाम् (cāpānām)
locative चापे (cāpe) चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) चापेषु (cāpeṣu)
vocative चाप (cāpa) चापौ (cāpau) चापाः (cāpāḥ)
Neuter a-stem declension of चाप
singular dual plural
nominative चापम् (cāpam) चापे (cāpe) चापानि (cāpāni)
accusative चापम् (cāpam) चापे (cāpe) चापानि (cāpāni)
instrumental चापेन (cāpena) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापैः (cāpaiḥ)
dative चापाय (cāpāya) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ)
ablative चापात् (cāpāt) चापाभ्याम् (cāpābhyām) चापेभ्यः (cāpebhyaḥ)
genitive चापस्य (cāpasya) चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) चापानाम् (cāpānām)
locative चापे (cāpe) चापयोः (cāpayoḥ) चापेषु (cāpeṣu)
vocative चाप (cāpa) चापे (cāpe) चापानि (cāpāni)

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) “*²čap-, *čamp-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 226
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “cāpa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 185

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