गप

Hindi

Etymology

An onomatopoeic word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gappa-. Cognate with Punjabi ਗੱਪ (gap) / گپّ‎ (gappa), Gujarati ગપ (gap), Nepali गफ (gapha), Oriya ଗପ (gôpô), Assamese গপ (gop).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəp/

Noun

गप • (gap) f (Urdu spelling گپ‎)

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

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gappa (4022)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press