ताप

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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːp/, [t̪äːp]

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

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ताप”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Konkani

Noun

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

1. fever

   Synonym: जोर (jor)

Marathi

Etymology

From तापणे (tāpṇe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ap/

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

• हिवताप (hivtāp, “malaria”)

 

References

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

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪äp]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ताप्

Noun

ताप • (tāp)

1. heat
2. pain, grief

References

• “ताप”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “ताप”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাপ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬧ (Balinese script)
• তাপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• တာပ (Burmese script)
• તાપ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾಪ (Kannada script)
• តាប (Khmer script)
• ຕາປ (Lao script)
• താപ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐥 (Newa script)
• ତାପ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖢 (Siddham script)
• තාප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚞 (Takri script)
• தாப (Tamil script)
• తాప (Telugu script)
• ตาป (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.pɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.pɐ/

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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (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.