چپ

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See also: حب, خت, چت, and جب

Baluchi

Adjective

چپ (capp)

  1. 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).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? čap
Dari reading? čap
Iranian reading? čap
Tajik reading? čap

Adjective

Dari چپ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чап

چپ (čap)

  1. left
    Antonym: راست (râst)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Akin to Pashto چپ, Urdu چپ, and Hindi चुप (cup), probably onomatopoeic.[2]

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? čup

Interjection

Dari چُپ
Iranian Persian -
Tajik -

چپ (čup)

  1. (Dari) shut up
  2. (Dari) be quiet
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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)

  1. silent, quiet
  2. still