Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- (to take, seize); compare perhaps Hittite 𒂊𒅁𒍣 (e-ep-zi /⁠ʔéptsi⁠/, seizes), 𒉺𒀀𒄿 (pa-a-i /⁠pāi⁠/, gives, hands over, pays), as well as Latin apīscor (I try to seize) and co-epī (I have started, undertaken).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

आप् (āp)

  1. to reach, meet, overtake
  2. to obtain, take possession
  3. to undergo, suffer
  4. to enter, pervade

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “आप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0142.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 0+
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
  • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270