ताप

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See also: तूप, तोप, तप, and तपु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताप (tāpá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːp/,

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m (Urdu spelling تاپ)

  1. heat, warmth
    Synonym: गर्मी (garmī)
    उसका शरीर का ताप बहुत प्रचंड है।
    uskā śarīr kā tāp bahut pracaṇḍ hai.
    His body heat is very intense.
  2. fever
    Synonyms: बुख़ार (buxār), ज्वार (jvār)

Declension

Declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ताप
tāp 		ताप
tāp
oblique ताप
tāp 		तापों
tāpõ
vocative ताप
tāp 		तापो
tāpo

References

Konkani

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

  1. fever
    Synonym: जोर (jor)

Marathi

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Etymology

From तापणे (tāpṇe).

Pronunciation

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m

  1. fever

Declension

Declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular 		ताप
tāp
direct
plural 		ताप
tāp
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		ताप
tāp 		ताप
tāp
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		तापा
tāpā 		तापां-
tāpān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		तापाला
tāpālā 		तापांना
tāpānnā
ergative तापाने, तापानं
tāpāne, tāpāna 		तापांनी
tāpānnī
instrumental तापाशी
tāpāśī 		तापांशी
tāpānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		तापात
tāpāt 		तापांत
tāpāt
vocative
संबोधन 		तापा
tāpā 		तापांनो
tāpānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म 		feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म 		neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म 		oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular*
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		तापाचा
tāpāċā 		तापाचे
tāpāċe 		तापाची
tāpācī 		तापाच्या
tāpācā 		तापाचे, तापाचं
tāpāċe, tāpāċa 		तापाची
tāpācī 		तापाच्या
tāpācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		तापांचा
tāpānċā 		तापांचे
tāpānċe 		तापांची
tāpāñcī 		तापांच्या
tāpāncā 		तापांचे, तापांचं
tāpānċe, tāpānċa 		तापांची
tāpāñcī 		तापांच्या
tāpāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “ताप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

ताप • (tāp)

  1. heat
  2. pain, grief

References

  • “ताप”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “ताप”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-os. The Sanskrit root is तप् (tap).

Pronunciation

Noun

ताप • (tāpá) stem, m

  1. heat, glow
  2. heating
  3. testing (gold) by heat
  4. heat, pain, torment (mental and bodily), sorrow, affliction

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ताप (tāpá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तापः
tāpáḥ 		तापौ / तापा¹
tāpaú / tāpā́¹ 		तापाः / तापासः¹
tāpā́ḥ / tāpā́saḥ¹
Vocative ताप
tā́pa 		तापौ / तापा¹
tā́pau / tā́pā¹ 		तापाः / तापासः¹
tā́pāḥ / tā́pāsaḥ¹
Accusative तापम्
tāpám 		तापौ / तापा¹
tāpaú / tāpā́¹ 		तापान्
tāpā́n
Instrumental तापेन
tāpéna 		तापाभ्याम्
tāpā́bhyām 		तापैः / तापेभिः¹
tāpaíḥ / tāpébhiḥ¹
Dative तापाय
tāpā́ya 		तापाभ्याम्
tāpā́bhyām 		तापेभ्यः
tāpébhyaḥ
Ablative तापात्
tāpā́t 		तापाभ्याम्
tāpā́bhyām 		तापेभ्यः
tāpébhyaḥ
Genitive तापस्य
tāpásya 		तापयोः
tāpáyoḥ 		तापानाम्
tāpā́nām
Locative तापे
tāpé 		तापयोः
tāpáyoḥ 		तापेषु
tāpéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: tāpa

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ताप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 442/2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ताप”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 623-5

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “tāpa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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