धूप

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuːp/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (*dhuppā), from *𑀥𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*dhipp, “to flicker, shine”, root).

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

• ᬥᬹᬧ (Balinese script)
• ধূপ (Assamese script)
• ধূপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰳𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌧𑍂𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ધૂપ (Gujarati script)
• ਧੂਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦣꦹꦥ (Javanese script)
• ធូប (Khmer script)
• ಧೂಪ (Kannada script)
• ຘູປ (Lao script)
• ധൂപ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘠𑘴𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠤᠤᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᢡᡠᡠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဓူပ (Burmese script)
• 𑧀𑧕𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐹𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଧୂପ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢹꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆷𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖳𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ධූප (Sinhalese script)
• த⁴ூப (Tamil script)
• ధూప (Telugu script)
• ธูป (Thai script)
• དྷཱུ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒴𑒣 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

धूप • (dhūpa) root form, 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 (dhūpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धूपः dhūpaḥ	धूपौ dhūpau	धूपाः / धूपासः¹ dhūpāḥ / dhūpāsaḥ¹
Vocative	धूप dhūpa	धूपौ dhūpau	धूपाः / धूपासः¹ dhūpāḥ / dhūpāsaḥ¹
Accusative	धूपम् dhūpam	धूपौ dhūpau	धूपान् dhūpān
Instrumental	धूपेन dhūpena	धूपाभ्याम् dhūpābhyām	धूपैः / धूपेभिः¹ dhūpaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: dhūpa
• Bengali: ধূপ (dhup)
• → 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: ꦢꦸꦥ (dupa, “incense”)
  • → Balinese: ᬤᬸᬧ (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.