जप्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জপ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জপ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဇပ် (Burmese script)
- જપ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಪ್ (Kannada script)
- ជប៑ (Khmer script)
- ຊປ຺ (Lao script)
- ജപ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜପ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ජප් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஜப் (Tamil script)
- జప్ (Telugu script)
- ชปฺ (Thai script)
- ཛ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, compare जल्प् (jalp).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐp/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐp/
Root
जप् • (jap)
- to whisper, mutter, utter in a low voice, especially prayers or incantations
- to pray in a low voice
- to invoke or call upon in a low voice
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जप् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जप् (1 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- जपति (jápati) (Present)
- जपिष्यति (japiṣyáti) (Future)
- जपिता (japitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अजापीत् (ájāpīt) (Aorist)
- अजपीत् (ájapīt) (Aorist)
- जजाप (jajā́pa) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- जप्यते (japyáte) (Passive)
- जापयति (jāpáyati) (Causative)
- अजीजपत् (ájījapat) (Causative Aorist)
- जिजपिषति (jijapiṣati) (Desiderative)
- जञ्जप्यते (jañjapyáte) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- जपित (japita) (Past Participle)
- जप्त (japta) (Past Participle)
- जपितुम् (japitum) (Infinitive)
- जपित्वा (japitvā) (Gerund)
- जप्त्वा (japtvā) (Gerund)
- जप्य (jápya) (Gerundive)
- जप्तव्य (japtavya) (Gerundive)
- जपनीय (japanīya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अनुजप् (anujap)
- अभिजप् (abhijap)
- आजप् (ājap)
- उपजप् (upajap)
- प्रजप् (prajap)
- प्रतिजप् (pratijap)
- संजप् (saṃjap)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “जप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 52
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “जप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “jap”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “JAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 570-1