चुप
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*cuppa, “silent”), perhaps of onomatopoeic origin.
Adjective
editचुप • (cup) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چپ)
Interjection
editचुप • (cup) (Urdu spelling چپ)
Derived terms
edit- गुपचुप (gupcup, “secretly, furtively”)
- चुप करना (cup karnā, “to silence”)
- चुप बनाना (cup banānā, “to shush, silence”)
- चुप रहना (cup rahnā, “to be quiet”)
- चुपकी (cupkī, “silence”)
- चुपके (cupke, “silently”)
- चुपचाप (cupcāp, “secretly, continuously silent”)
- चुपचुपाना (cupcupānā, “to be very silent”)
- चुपना (cupnā, “to be quiet”)
Related terms
edit- चुप्पी (cuppī)
Descendants
edit- Mauritian Creole: chup
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cuppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press