धप्पा

Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəp.pɑː/, [d̪ʱɐp̚.päː]
Rhymes: -əp.pɑː

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀥𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*dhappa).^[1]

Noun edit

धप्पा • (dhappā) m

a slap on the back
1. slap made with simultaneous utterance of the word on the back of seeker in hide and seek by a hider
blow, loss, damage

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

धप्पा • (dhappā) m

(regional) Alternative form of धाप (dhāp): distance, range, space, etc.

References edit

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhapp”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धप्पा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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