वापी

Sanskrit

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *weHp-. Compare Lithuanian upė.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.piː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.piː/

Noun

वापी • (vāpī) stem, f

pond, pool (of water)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वापी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वापी (vāpī)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) वापीः¹ (vāpīḥ¹)
accusative	वापीम् (vāpīm)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वापीः (vāpīḥ)
instrumental	वाप्या (vāpyā)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभिः (vāpībhiḥ)
dative	वाप्यै (vāpyai)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभ्यः (vāpībhyaḥ)
ablative	वाप्याः (vāpyāḥ) वाप्यै² (vāpyai²)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभ्यः (vāpībhyaḥ)
genitive	वाप्याः (vāpyāḥ) वाप्यै² (vāpyai²)	वाप्योः (vāpyoḥ)	वापीनाम् (vāpīnām)
locative	वाप्याम् (vāpyām)	वाप्योः (vāpyoḥ)	वापीषु (vāpīṣu)
vocative	वापि (vāpi)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) वापीः¹ (vāpīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: vāpi
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀻 (vāvī)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: bāwī, bāī̃
      - Hindi: बावी, बाईं
      - Urdu: بَاوِی (bāvī), بَاءِیں (bā'ī̃)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: vā̃, bā̃
        Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਂ, ਬਾਂ
        
        Shahmukhi script: وَاں, بَاں
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: vāī
        Arabic script: وَاءِي
        
        Devanagari script: वाई
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ވެއު (veu)
    - Old Sinhalese: වපි (wapi)
      - Sinhalese: වැව (wæwa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: bāiya
      Devanagari script: बांय
      
      Latin script: baim
      
      Kannada script: ಬಾಂಯ್
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: વાવ (vāv)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀟𑀻
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: bāuṛī
      - Hindi: बाउड़ी
      - Urdu: بَاءُڑِی (bā'uṛī)
        → Marathi: बावडी (bāvḍī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: વાવડી (vāvḍī)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀮𑀻
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Old Awadhi: बावरी (bāvarī)
    - Hindustani: bāulī, bāurī
      - Hindi: बाउली, बाउरी
      - Urdu: بَاءُلِی (bā'ulī), بَاءُرِی (bā'urī)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari: बाव्ली (bāwlī)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: बावली (bāwalī)
→ Kannada: ಬಾವಿ (bāvi)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vapi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 672