अप-

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See also: अप्, अपि, and अपी

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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.

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अप- (ápa-)

  1. away, off, back
  2. down

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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