जप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জপ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• জপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဇပ် (Burmese script)
• જપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਪ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂣𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಪ್ (Kannada script)
• ជប៑ (Khmer script)
• ຊປ຺ (Lao script)
• ജപ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢒ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଜପ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ජප් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩰 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚞𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஜப் (Tamil script)
• జప్ (Telugu script)
• ชปฺ (Thai script)
• ཛ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨞𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare जल्प् (jalp).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐp/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐp/

Root

जप् • (jap)

1. to whisper, mutter, utter in a low voice, especially prayers or incantations
2. to pray in a low voice
3. to invoke or call upon in a low voice

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• जप॑ति (jápati, present)
• ज॒पि॒ष्यति॑ (japiṣyáti, future)
• ज॒पि॒ता (japitā́, periphrastic future)
• अजा॑पीत् (ájāpīt, aorist)
• अज॑पीत् (ájapīt, aorist)
• ज॒जाप॑ (jajā́pa, perfect)

Secondary forms

• ज॒प्यते॑ (japyáte, present passive)
• जा॒पय॑ति (jāpáyati, causative)
• अजी॑जपत् (ájījapat, causative aorist)
• जिजपिषति (jijapiṣati, desiderative)
• ज॒ञ्ज॒प्यते॑ (jañjapyáte, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• जपित (japita, past passive participle)
• जप्त (japta, past passive participle)
• जपितुम् (japitum, infinitive)
• जपित्वा (japitvā, gerund)
• जप्त्वा (japtvā, gerund)
• जप्य॑ (jápya, gerundive)
• जप्तव्य (japtavya, gerundive)
• जपनीय (japanīya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• जञ्जपूक (jañjapūka)
• जप॑ (jápa)
• जपन (japana)
• जपिन् (japin)
• जाप (jāpa)
• जापक (jāpaka)
• जापिन् (jāpin)
• जाप्य (jāpya)

Prefixed root forms

• अनुजप् (anujap)
• अभिजप् (abhijap)
• आजप् (ājap)
• उपजप् (upajap)
• प्रजप् (prajap)
• प्रतिजप् (pratijap)
• संजप् (saṃjap)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जप् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जप् (3 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 411, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “जप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 52
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “जप्”, 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
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “jap”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “JAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 570-1