वापस
Hindi
Alternative forms
- वापिस (vāpis)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian واپس (wāpas). Compare Punjabi ਵਾਪਸ (vāpas).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.pəs/, [ʋäː.pɐs]
- Rhymes: -əs
- Hyphenation: वा‧पस
Adjective
वापस • (vāpas) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling واپس)
- back
- वापस आना ― vāpas ānā ― to come back
- वापस देना ― vāpas denā ― to return
- returned, restored
- पैसे वापस देना ― paise vāpas denā ― to return money
Derived terms
- वापसी (vāpsī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वापस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press