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Baluchi
Adjective
چپ • (capp)
- left
Antonyms
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kep- (“to bend, curve”), a possibly dialectal combination of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”) + *(s)kamb- (“crooked”) (compare Latin cambiō (“to exchange”), whence English change), the latter (*(s)kamb-) which may be of the same origin as the former (*kh₂emp-). Cognate with Sanskrit चाप (cāpa, “bow, arc”), Sanskrit चपल (capala, “trembling, unsteady, wavering”).
Pronunciation
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čap
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| Dari reading?
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čap
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| Iranian reading?
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čap
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| Tajik reading?
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čap
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Adjective
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چپ
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| Iranian Persian
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чап
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چپ • (čap)
- left
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Akin to Pashto چپ, Urdu چپ, and Hindi चुप (cup), probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
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čup
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Interjection
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چُپ
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| Iranian Persian
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-
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-
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چپ • (čup)
- (Dari) shut up
- (Dari) be quiet
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 226
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cuppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Pronunciation
Adjective
چپ • (cup) (Hindi spelling चुप)
- silent, quiet
- still