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Hindi
Etymology
Either onomatopoeic or inherited from Prakrit *𑀳𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*happ, “sudden movement”), in which case related with हपकना (hapaknā, “to gobble”), हापर (hāpar, “a great eater”) and हपराना (haprānā, “to much”). Compare Nepali हप्-हप् खानु (hap-hap khānu, “to gobble”), Marathi हपका (hapkā, “a smart dash of water”) and हपटणें (hapaṭṇẽ, “to dash against”).
Pronunciation
Noun
हप • (hap) m (Urdu spelling ہَپ)
- the sound made in striking the two lips together; the sound of gulping or gobbling in
Derived terms
- हप-झप (hap-jhap, “greedily, quickly (eating)”)
- हप कर जाना (hap kar jānā, “to gobble up”)
- हप्पा (happā, “a mouthful”)
- हप्पू (happū, “gluttonous”)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हप”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Platts, John T. (1884) “हप”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*happ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press