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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অপ- (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬧ- (Balinese script)
- অপ- (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰢- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀧- (Brahmi script)
- အပ- (Burmese script)
- અપ- (Gujarati script)
- ਅਪ- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌪- (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦥ- (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂣- (Kaithi script)
- ಅಪ- (Kannada script)
- អប- (Khmer script)
- ອປ- (Lao script)
- അപ- (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘢- (Modi script)
- ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧂- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐥- (Newa script)
- ଅପ- (Odia script)
- ꢂꢦ- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆥- (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖢- (Siddham script)
- අප- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩰- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚞- (Takri script)
- அப- (Tamil script)
- అప- (Telugu script)
- อป- (Thai script)
- ཨ་པ- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒣- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨞- (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hapá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hapá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀 (apa), Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Latin ab (“from”), Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), Proto-Slavic *po.
Pronunciation
Prefix
अप- • (ápa-)
- away, off, back
- down
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “away”): उप- (úpa-), अनु- (ánu-), सम्- (sam-), प्र- (prá-)
- (antonym(s) of “down”): उद्- (úd-)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अप-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 47, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ápa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 82