گپ
Bakhtiari
Etymology 1
Compare Persian گپ (gap), Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha [script needed] (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).
Derived terms
- گپ زیدن (gap zaydan)
Mazanderani
Persian
Etymology 1
Compare Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha گپ (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡap]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡäp]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡäp]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡäp]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʲæp]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡäp]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gap |
Dari reading? | gap |
Iranian reading? | gap |
Tajik reading? | gap |
Derived terms
- گپ زدن (gap zadan)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Persian [Term?].
Urdu
Etymology
An onomatopoeic word from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀧𑁆𑀧- (*gappa-). Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Punjabi ਗੱਪ (gappa) / گپّ (gappa), Bengali গপ (gop), Gujarati ગપ (gap), Nepali गफ (gaph), Odia ଗପ (gôpô), Assamese গপ (gop).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡəp/
- Rhymes: -əp
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “گپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.