گپ

See also: کب, کت, and گت

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

Compare Persian گپ (gap), Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha [script needed] (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Noun

گپ (transliteration needed)

1. speech, talk

Derived terms

• گپ زیدن (gap zaydan)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Larestani گپ (gap), Kumzari گیپ (gayp).

Adjective

گپ (transliteration needed)

1. big
2. old

Mazanderani

Noun

گپ (gap)

1. discussion

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha گپ (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡap/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäp]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäp]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡäp]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡäp]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæpʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡäp]

Readings
Classical reading?	gap
Dari reading?	gap
Iranian reading?	gap
Tajik reading?	gap

Noun

Dari	گپ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гап

گپ • (gap)

1. discussion
2. gossip, chit-chat
3. rumor
4. idle talk
5. saying
6. word

Alternative forms

• گف (gaf) (dialectal, Yazd)

Derived terms

• گپ زدن (gap zadan)

Descendants

• → Armenian: գափ (gapʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: gap
• → Bashkir: гәпләшеү (gəpləşew)
• → Kazakh: гәп (gäp), кеп (kep)
• → Turkmen: gep
• → Turkmen: geplemek
• → Uzbek: gap
• → Uzbek: gaplamoq

Etymology 2

From Old Persian [Term?].

Adjective

گپ • (transliteration needed)

1. (dialectal) big, great

Urdu

Etymology

Either onomatopoeic and inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀧𑁆𑀧- (*gappa-), or inherited from Sanskrit गल्प (galpa). Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Punjabi ਗੱਪ (gappa) / گپّ (gappa), Bengali গপ (gop), Gujarati ગપ (gap), Nepali गफ (gaph), Odia ଗପ (gapa), Assamese গপ (gop).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡəp/
• Rhymes: -əp

Noun

گپ • (gap) f (Hindi spelling गप)

1. gossip
2. idle talk
3. talk
4. chit-chat

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “گپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “گپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.