धूप

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuːp/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit *धुप्पा (dhuppā).

Noun

धूप • (dhūp) f (Urdu spelling دھوپ)

1. sunlight; sunshine

   Synonym: (rare) सूर्यकांति (sūryakānti)

2. the heat of the sun

Declension

Declension of धूप (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धूप dhūp	धूपें dhūpẽ
oblique	धूप dhūp	धूपों dhūpõ
vocative	धूप dhūp	धूपो dhūpo

Derived terms

• धूपदार (dhūpdār, “sunny”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धूप (dhūpa).

Noun

धूप • (dhūp) m (Urdu spelling دھوپ)

1. incense

   मैं परमेश्वर के नाम सुगन्धित धूप जलाऊँगा

   ma͠i parmeśvar ke nām sugandhit dhūp jalāūṅgā

   I will burn redolent incense in the name of God.

Declension

Declension of धूप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धूप dhūp	धूप dhūp
oblique	धूप dhūp	धूपों dhūpõ
vocative	धूप dhūp	धूपो dhūpo

Related terms

• धूपक m (dhūpak)
• धूपिक m (dhūpik)
• धूपित (dhūpit, adjective)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “धूप”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “धूप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “धूप”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধূপ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬹᬧ (Balinese script)
• ধূপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰳𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ဓူပ (Burmese script)
• ધૂપ (Gujarati script)
• ਧੂਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍂𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦹꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂴𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೂಪ (Kannada script)
• ធូប (Khmer script)
• ຘູປ (Lao script)
• ധൂപ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡠᡠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘴𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠤᠤᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧕𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐹𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଧୂପ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢹꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆷𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖳𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ධූප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩒𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚱𑚞 (Takri script)
• தூ⁴ப (Tamil script)
• ధూప (Telugu script)
• ธูป (Thai script)
• དྷཱུ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒴𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨃𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From धूप् (dhūp, “to fumigate, perfume”, root) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱuː.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuː.pɐ/

Noun

धूप • (dhūpa) stem, m

1. incense, perfume, aromatic vapour or smoke proceeding from gum or resin, the gum and resin themselves

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of धूप

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धूपः (dhūpaḥ)	धूपौ (dhūpau) धूपा¹ (dhūpā¹)	धूपाः (dhūpāḥ) धूपासः¹ (dhūpāsaḥ¹)
accusative	धूपम् (dhūpam)	धूपौ (dhūpau) धूपा¹ (dhūpā¹)	धूपान् (dhūpān)
instrumental	धूपेन (dhūpena)	धूपाभ्याम् (dhūpābhyām)	धूपैः (dhūpaiḥ) धूपेभिः¹ (dhūpebhiḥ¹)
dative	धूपाय (dhūpāya)	धूपाभ्याम् (dhūpābhyām)	धूपेभ्यः (dhūpebhyaḥ)
ablative	धूपात् (dhūpāt)	धूपाभ्याम् (dhūpābhyām)	धूपेभ्यः (dhūpebhyaḥ)
genitive	धूपस्य (dhūpasya)	धूपयोः (dhūpayoḥ)	धूपानाम् (dhūpānām)
locative	धूपे (dhūpe)	धूपयोः (dhūpayoḥ)	धूपेषु (dhūpeṣu)
vocative	धूप (dhūpa)	धूपौ (dhūpau) धूपा¹ (dhūpā¹)	धूपाः (dhūpāḥ) धूपासः¹ (dhūpāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: dhūpa
• → Bengali: ধূপ (dhup) (learned)
• → Hindi: धूप (dhūp) (learned)
• → Khmer: ធូប (thuup)
• → Lao: ທູບ (thūp)
• → Malay: dupa (“incense”)
  • Indonesian: dupa
  • → Lindu: dupa (“perfume; incense, aromatic resin”)
  • → Tagalog: dupâ (“incense”)
  • → Ternate: dupa (“incense”)
• → Old Javanese: dhūpa (“incense”) → dupa (“incense”)
  • Javanese: dupa (“incense”)
  • → Balinese: dupa (“incense”)
• → Thai: ธูป (tûup)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “धूप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517, column 3.