بھاپ

Urdu

Alternative forms
  • باپھ (bāph)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀧𑁆𑀨 (bappha), from Sanskrit वाष्प (vāṣpa, “tear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَھاپ • (bhāp) m (Hindi spelling भाप)

  1. steam, water vapour
  2. vapour, gas

Declension
Declension of بھاپ
singular plural
direct بَھاپ (bhāp) بَھاپ (bhāp)
oblique بَھاپ (bhāp) بَھاپوں (bhāpō̃)
vocative بَھاپ (bhāp) بَھاپو (bhāpō)

Further reading
  • “بھاپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بھاپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھاپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāṣpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 521
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