Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀤𑀺 (tappadi), from Sanskrit तप्यति (tápyati, to be hot), from तप् (tap). Cognate with Punjabi ਤਪਣਾ (tapṇā) / تَپݨا (tapṇā), Sindhi تَپَڻُ / तपणु, Gujarati તાપવું (tāpvũ), Marathi तापणे (tāpṇe), Sinhalese තපිනවා (tapinawā).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

تَاپْنَا (tāpnā) (Hindi spelling तापना)

  1. to warm, heat
  2. to burn, set on fire
  3. to cook; roast, boil

Conjugation edit

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تاپنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tápyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press