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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (appā), from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul, spirit; self”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) + *-mō. Cognate with Gujarati આપું (āpũ), Nepali आंत (ānta), Marathi आपण (āpaṇ), Bengali আপনি (apni). Compare Kamkata-viri amú (“self”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːp/,
Pronoun
आप • (āp) (Urdu spelling آپ)
- ye, you (formal, polite and grammatically plural)
आपका दिन कैसा था पिताजी?- āpkā din kaisā thā pitājī?
- How was your day, father?
- (in some phrases, now obsolete) self
- अपने आप ― apne āp ― oneself
- अपना ― apnā ― one's own
Usage notes
- आप (āp) is the most formal way of expressing "you" in Hindi and is used when addressing elders or those higher in social status. Because less formal forms could offend others, आप (āp) is the safest way to express "you" unless there is reason to be less formal.
- Because आप (āp) is grammatically plural (adjectives and verbs etc affected by it take their plural forms) even when there is only one person being referred to, the term आप लोग (āp log) (literally: you people) can be used to specify that more than one person is being referred to because of T-V distinction.
Declension
See also
- तुम (tum, “you”) (formal)
- तू (tū, “you”) (informal)
See also
- तुम (tum) (mid level formality, grammatically plural)
- तू (tū) (complete lack of formality, grammatically singular)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “आप”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Old Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit आपः (āpaḥ).
Noun
आप (āpa) m (Modi 𑘁𑘢)
- water
References
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- āpa (Latin script)
- 𑀆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- আপ (Bengali script)
- ආප (Sinhalese script)
- အာပ or ဢႃပ (Burmese script)
- อาป or อาปะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩣᨷ (Tai Tham script)
- ອາປ or ອາປະ (Lao script)
- អាប (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄂𑄛 (Chakma script)
Noun
आप n
- Devanagari script form of āpa (“water”)
Declension
Declension table of "आप" (neuter)