तप्

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tap-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tap-, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be warm). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *teplъ (warm), Latin tepeō whence English tepid.

Pronunciation

Root

तप् (tap)

  1. heat, be hot

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0436/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 477