بھاپ

Urdu

Alternative forms

• باپھ (bāph)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀧𑁆𑀨 (bappha), from Sanskrit वाष्प (vāṣpa, “tear”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːp/
• Rhymes: -ɑːp

Noun

بَھاپ • (bhāp) m (Hindi spelling भाप)

1. steam, water vapour
2. vapour, gas

Declension

Declension of بھاپ
	singular	plural
direct	بَھاپ (bhāp)	بَھاپ (bhāp)
oblique	بَھاپ (bhāp)	بَھاپوں (bhāpō̃)
vocative	بَھاپ (bhāp)	بَھاپو (bhāpō)

Further reading

• “بھاپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بھاپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بھاپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāṣpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 521