گپ

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Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

Compare Persian گپ (gap), Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha (gap), Ishkashimi (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Noun

گپ (transliteration needed)

  1. speech, talk
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Larestani گپ (gap), Kumzari گیپ (gayp).

Adjective

گپ (transliteration needed)

  1. big
  2. old

Mazanderani

Noun

گپ (gap)

  1. discussion

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha گپ (gap), Ishkashimi (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gap
Dari reading? gap
Iranian reading? gap
Tajik reading? gap

Noun

Dari گپ
Iranian Persian
Tajik гап

گپ • (gap)

  1. discussion
  2. gossip, chit-chat
  3. rumor
  4. idle talk
  5. saying
  6. word
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Armenian: գափ (gapʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: gap
  • → Bashkir: гәпләшеү (gəpləşew)
  • → Kazakh: гәп (gäp)
  • → Turkmen: gep
  • → Turkmen: geplemek
  • → Uzbek: gap
  • → Uzbek: gaplamoq

Etymology 2

From Old Persian .

Adjective

گپ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (dialectal) big, great

Urdu

Etymology

An onomatopoeic word from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀧𑁆𑀧- (*gappa-). Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Punjabi ਗੱਪ (gappa) / گپّ (gappa), Bengali গপ (gop), Gujarati ગપ (gap), Nepali गफ (gaph), Odia ଗପ (gapa), Assamese গপ (gop).

Pronunciation

Noun

گپ • (gap) f (Hindi spelling गप)

  1. gossip
  2. idle talk
  3. talk
  4. chit-chat

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “گپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “گپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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