आपण

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आत्मन (ātmana). Compare Punjabi ਆਪਾਂ (āpā̃), Gujarati આપણે (āpaṇe), Hindi आप (āp).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.pəɳ/

Pronoun

आपण • (āpaṇ)

1. we: inclusive first-person plural personal pronoun

   आपण जाऊयात का?

   āpaṇ jāūyāt kā?

   Shall we go?

2. you: polite second-person singular personal pronoun

   आपण कोण?

   āpaṇ koṇ?

   Who are you?

See also

• आम्ही (āmhī) (exclusive we)
• तुम्ही (tumhī) (mid-level formality and grammatically plural second-person singular personal pronoun)
• तू (tū) (least formality and grammatically singular second-person singular personal pronoun)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• আপণ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬧᬡ (Balinese script)
• আপণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰢𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀧𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• အာပဏ (Burmese script)
• આપણ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਪਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌪𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦥꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂣𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಪಣ (Kannada script)
• អាបណ (Khmer script)
• ອາປຓ (Lao script)
• ആപണ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘢𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢒᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧂𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐥𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଆପଣ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢦꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆥𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖢𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ආපණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩰𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚞𑚘 (Takri script)
• ஆபண (Tamil script)
• ఆపణ (Telugu script)
• อาปณ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་པ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒣𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨞𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an unattested verb consisting of आ (ā, “to, in, at”, preverb) +‎ पण् (paṇ, “to trade”, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.pɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.pɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

आपण • (āpaṇa) stem, m

1. shop, store, establishment, market

   अहम् आपणम् गच्छामि। ― aham āpaṇam gacchāmi. ― I am going to the shop. (literally, “I go to the shop.”)

   अहो आपणात् बहिः एव छत्रं विस्मृतवती। ― aho āpaṇāt bahiḥ eva chatraṃ vismṛtavatī. ― O I forgot the umbrella outside the shop itself.

   भवान्, आपणं गत्वा आगच्छति वा? ― bhavān, āpaṇaṃ gatvā āgacchati vā? ― Will you go to the shop and come? (literally, “Respected one, having gone to the shop, will you come?”)

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 14.59.11. विपणापणवान् रम्यः
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata भक्ष्यमाल्यापणानां च ददृशुः श्रियमुत्तमाम्
2. trade, commerce, commercial commodity
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.37.पिहितापणोदया
3. wave

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आपण (āpaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आपणः āpaṇaḥ	आपणौ / आपणा¹ āpaṇau / āpaṇā¹	आपणाः / आपणासः¹ āpaṇāḥ / āpaṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आपण āpaṇa	आपणौ / आपणा¹ āpaṇau / āpaṇā¹	आपणाः / आपणासः¹ āpaṇāḥ / āpaṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आपणम् āpaṇam	आपणौ / आपणा¹ āpaṇau / āpaṇā¹	आपणान् āpaṇān
Instrumental	आपणेन āpaṇena	आपणाभ्याम् āpaṇābhyām	आपणैः / आपणेभिः¹ āpaṇaiḥ / āpaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	आपणाय āpaṇāya	आपणाभ्याम् āpaṇābhyām	आपणेभ्यः āpaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	आपणात् āpaṇāt	आपणाभ्याम् āpaṇābhyām	आपणेभ्यः āpaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	आपणस्य āpaṇasya	आपणयोः āpaṇayoḥ	आपणानाम् āpaṇānām
Locative	आपणे āpaṇe	आपणयोः āpaṇayoḥ	आपणेषु āpaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: āpaṇa

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आपण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 142, column 3.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आपण”, 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