आप्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-
    Sanskrit आप् (āp)

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hap-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to take, seize”); compare perhaps Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi /⁠ʔéptsi⁠/, “seizes”), 𒉺𒀀𒄿 (pa-a-i /⁠pāi⁠/, “gives, hands over, pays”), as well as Latin apīscor (“I try to seize”) and co-epī (“I have started, undertaken”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    आप् • (āp)

    1. to reach, meet, overtake
    2. to obtain, take possession
    3. to undergo, suffer
    4. to enter, pervade

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root आप् (0 c, 5 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root आप् (8 c, 0 e)
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    Descendants

    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root आप् (8 c, 0 e)

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “आप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0142.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 0+
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
    • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270
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