जप

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जप (japa) or deverbal form of जपना (japnā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəp/, [d͡ʒɐp]

Noun

जप • (jap) m

1. repetition in a low tone of an incantation, or the name of a deity
2. counting silently the beads of a rosary
3. a muttered prayer or spell
4. meditation on the name of a deity

Declension

Declension of जप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जप jap	जप jap
oblique	जप jap	जपों japõ
vocative	जप jap	जपो japo

Derived terms

• जप करना (jap karnā, “to mutter prayers”)
• जप-तप (jap-tap, “devotion”)
• जप-माल (jap-māl)
• जप-माला (jap-mālā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জপ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬧ (Balinese script)
• জপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ဇပ (Burmese script)
• જપ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಪ (Kannada script)
• ជប (Khmer script)
• ຊປ (Lao script)
• ജപ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଜପ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ජප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஜப (Tamil script)
• జప (Telugu script)
• ชป (Thai script)
• ཛ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जप् (jap) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.pɐ/

Noun

जप॑ • (jápa) stem, m (root जप्)

1. whisper, mutter
2. chant of prayers

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जप॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जपः॑ (jápaḥ)	जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹)	जपाः॑ (jápāḥ) जपा॑सः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जप॑म् (jápam)	जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹)	जपा॑न् (jápān)
instrumental	जपे॑न (jápena)	जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपैः॑ (jápaiḥ) जपे॑भिः¹ (jápebhiḥ¹)
dative	जपा॑य (jápāya)	जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपे॑भ्यः (jápebhyaḥ)
ablative	जपा॑त् (jápāt)	जपा॑भ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपे॑भ्यः (jápebhyaḥ)
genitive	जप॑स्य (jápasya)	जप॑योः (jápayoḥ)	जपा॑नाम् (jápānām)
locative	जपे॑ (jápe)	जप॑योः (jápayoḥ)	जपे॑षु (jápeṣu)
vocative	जप॑ (jápa)	जपौ॑ (jápau) जपा॑¹ (jápā¹)	जपाः॑ (jápāḥ) जपा॑सः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• जपमाला (japamālā, “prayer beads”)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: jampi
• → Kannada: ಜಪ (japa)
• → Malay: jampi

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412, column 1.