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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जप (japa) or deverbal form of जपना (japnā).
Pronunciation
Noun
जप • (jap) m
- repetition in a low tone of an incantation, or the name of a deity
- counting silently the beads of a rosary
- a muttered prayer or spell
- meditation on the name of a deity
Declension
Declension of जप (masc cons-stem)
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plural
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जप
jap
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जप
jap
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| oblique
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जप
jap
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जपों
japõ
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| vocative
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जप
jap
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जपो
japo
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Derived terms
References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জপ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬧ (Balinese script)
- জপ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- ဇပ (Burmese script)
- જપ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ಜಪ (Kannada script)
- ជប (Khmer script)
- ຊປ (Lao script)
- ജപ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଜପ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖢 (Siddham script)
- ජප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚞 (Takri script)
- ஜப (Tamil script)
- జప (Telugu script)
- ชป (Thai script)
- ཛ་པ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root जप् (jap) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
Noun
जप • (jápa) stem, m (root जप्)
- whisper, mutter
- chant of prayers
Declension
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “जप”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Monier Williams (1899) “जप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412, column 1.