गप

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡəp/, [ɡɐp]

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”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press