دھوپ
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Urdu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (*dhuppā). Cognate Punjabi دُھپّ (dhupp) / ਧੁੱਪ (dhuppa) and Gujarati ધૂપ (dhūp).
Noun
دُھوپ • (dhūp) f (Hindi spelling धूप)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپیں (dhūpẽ) |
| oblique | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپوں (dhūpõ) |
| vocative | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپو (dhūpo) |
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धूप (dhūpa).
Noun
دُھوپ • (dhūp) m (Hindi spelling धूप)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپ (dhūp) |
| oblique | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپوں (dhūpõ) |
| vocative | دُھوپ (dhūp) | دُھوپو (dhūpo) |
Further reading
- “دھوپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دھوپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دهوپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 322
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دهوپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 550
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دهوپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 662
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دھوپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhuppā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press