हप्पा

Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps from हप (hap, “sound of gulping in”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəp.pɑː/, [ɦɐp̚.päː]
• Rhymes: -əppɑː

Noun

हप्पा • (happā) m (Urdu spelling ہَپّا)

1. a mouthful, morsel

   Synonyms: कौर (kaur), ग्रास (grās)

2. pap, mush (for children)
3. (figurative) a bribe, sop

   Synonyms: घूस (ghūs), रिश्वत (riśvat), उत्कोच (utkoc)

   हप्पा देना ― happā denā ― to feed; to bribe

Declension

Declension of हप्पा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हप्पा happā	हप्पे happe
oblique	हप्पे happe	हप्पों happõ
vocative	हप्पे happe	हप्पो happo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हप्पा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हप्पा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.