چپ

See also: حب, خت, چت, and جب

Baluchi

Adjective

چپ • (capp)

  1. left

Antonyms

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kep- (“to bend, curve”), a possibly dialectal combination of Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”) + *(s)kamb- (“crooked”) (compare Latin cambiō (“to exchange”), whence English change), the latter (*(s)kamb-) which may be of the same origin as the former (*kh₂emp-). Cognate with Sanskrit चाप (cāpa, “bow, arc”), Sanskrit चपल (capala, “trembling, unsteady, wavering”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäp]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäp]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäp]

Readings
Classical reading? čap
Dari reading? čap
Iranian reading? čap
Tajik reading? čap

Adjective
Dari چپ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чап

چپ • (čap)

  1. left
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • چپ‌گرا (čap-garâ)
  • چپ‌گرایی (čap-garâyi)
  • چپه (čape)

Etymology 2

Akin to Pashto چپ, Urdu چپ, and Hindi चुप (cup), probably onomatopoeic.[2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰʊp]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰʊp]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰup]

Readings
Dari reading? čup

Interjection
Dari چُپ
Iranian Persian -
Tajik -

چپ • (čup)

  1. (Dari) shut up
  2. (Dari) be quiet
Derived terms

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 226
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cuppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Pronunciation

Adjective

چپ • (cup) (Hindi spelling चुप)

  1. silent, quiet
  2. still
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