ताप

See also: तूप, तोप, तप, and तपु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताप (tāpá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːp/, [t̪äːp]

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m (Urdu spelling تاپ)

1. heat, warmth

   Synonym: गर्मी (garmī)

   उसका शरीर का ताप बहुत प्रचंड है।

   uskā śarīr kā tāp bahut pracaṇḍ hai.

   His body heat is very intense.

2. fever

   Synonyms: बुख़ार (buxār), ज्वार (jvār)

Declension

Declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ताप tāp	ताप tāp
oblique	ताप tāp	तापों tāpõ
vocative	ताप tāp	तापो tāpo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ताप”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Konkani

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. fever

   Synonym: जोर (jor)

Marathi

Etymology

From तापणे (tāpṇe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ap/

Noun

ताप • (tāp) m

1. fever

Declension

Declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	ताप tāp
direct plural	ताप tāp
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	ताप tāp		ताप tāp
oblique सामान्यरूप	तापा tāpā		तापां- tāpān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	तापाला tāpālā		तापांना tāpānnā
ergative	तापाने, तापानं tāpāne, tāpāna		तापांनी tāpānnī
instrumental	तापाशी tāpāśī		तापांशी tāpānśī
locative सप्तमी	तापात tāpāt		तापांत tāpāt
vocative संबोधन	तापा tāpā		तापांनो tāpānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of ताप (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	तापाचा tāpāċā	तापाचे tāpāċe	तापाची tāpācī	तापाच्या tāpācā	तापाचे, तापाचं tāpāċe, tāpāċa	तापाची tāpācī	तापाच्या tāpācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	तापांचा tāpānċā	तापांचे tāpānċe	तापांची tāpāñcī	तापांच्या tāpāncā	तापांचे, तापांचं tāpānċe, tāpānċa	तापांची tāpāñcī	तापांच्या tāpāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• हिवताप (hivtāp, “malaria”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “ताप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪äp]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ताप्

Noun

ताप • (tāp)

1. heat
2. pain, grief

References

• “ताप”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “ताप”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তাপ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬧ (Balinese script)
• তাপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• တာပ (Burmese script)
• તાપ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾಪ (Kannada script)
• តាប (Khmer script)
• ຕາປ (Lao script)
• താപ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐥 (Newa script)
• ତାପ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖢 (Siddham script)
• තාප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚞 (Takri script)
• தாப (Tamil script)
• తాప (Telugu script)
• ตาป (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-os. By surface analysis, a vṛddhi derivative of तप (tapa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.pɐ/

Noun

ता॒प • (tāpá) stem, m (root तप्)

1. heat, glow
2. heating
3. testing (gold) by heat
4. heat, pain, torment (mental and bodily), sorrow, affliction

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ता॒प

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ता॒पः (tāpáḥ)	ता॒पौ (tāpáu) ता॒पा¹ (tāpā́¹)	ता॒पाः (tāpā́ḥ) ता॒पासः॑¹ (tāpā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ता॒पम् (tāpám)	ता॒पौ (tāpáu) ता॒पा¹ (tāpā́¹)	ता॒पान् (tāpā́n)
instrumental	ता॒पेन॑ (tāpéna)	ता॒पाभ्या॑म् (tāpā́bhyām)	ता॒पैः (tāpáiḥ) ता॒पेभिः॑¹ (tāpébhiḥ¹)
dative	ता॒पाय॑ (tāpā́ya)	ता॒पाभ्या॑म् (tāpā́bhyām)	ता॒पेभ्यः॑ (tāpébhyaḥ)
ablative	ता॒पात् (tāpā́t)	ता॒पाभ्या॑म् (tāpā́bhyām)	ता॒पेभ्यः॑ (tāpébhyaḥ)
genitive	ता॒पस्य॑ (tāpásya)	ता॒पयोः॑ (tāpáyoḥ)	ता॒पाना॑म् (tāpā́nām)
locative	ता॒पे (tāpé)	ता॒पयोः॑ (tāpáyoḥ)	ता॒पेषु॑ (tāpéṣu)
vocative	ताप॑ (tā́pa)	तापौ॑ (tā́pau) तापा॑¹ (tā́pā¹)	तापाः॑ (tā́pāḥ) तापा॑सः¹ (tā́pāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: tāpa
• Punjabi: ਤਾਉ (tāu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “ताप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 442, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “TAP”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 623
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ताप”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “tāpa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.