वापी

Sanskrit

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *weHp-. Compare Lithuanian upė.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.piː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.piː/

Noun

वापी • (vāpī) stem, f

1. pond, pool (of water)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वापी (vāpī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वापी vāpī	वाप्यौ / वापी¹ vāpyau / vāpī¹	वाप्यः / वापीः¹ vāpyaḥ / vāpīḥ¹
Vocative	वापि vāpi	वाप्यौ / वापी¹ vāpyau / vāpī¹	वाप्यः / वापीः¹ vāpyaḥ / vāpīḥ¹
Accusative	वापीम् vāpīm	वाप्यौ / वापी¹ vāpyau / vāpī¹	वापीः vāpīḥ
Instrumental	वाप्या vāpyā	वापीभ्याम् vāpībhyām	वापीभिः vāpībhiḥ
Dative	वाप्यै vāpyai	वापीभ्याम् vāpībhyām	वापीभ्यः vāpībhyaḥ
Ablative	वाप्याः / वाप्यै² vāpyāḥ / vāpyai²	वापीभ्याम् vāpībhyām	वापीभ्यः vāpībhyaḥ
Genitive	वाप्याः / वाप्यै² vāpyāḥ / vāpyai²	वाप्योः vāpyoḥ	वापीनाम् vāpīnām
Locative	वाप्याम् vāpyām	वाप्योः vāpyoḥ	वापीषु vāpīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: vāpi
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀻 (vāvī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: bāwī, bāī̃
        • Hindi: बावी, बाईं
        • Urdu: بَاوِی (bāvī), بَاءِیں (bā'ī̃)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: vā̃, bā̃

          Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਂ, ਬਾਂ

          Shahmukhi script: وَاں, بَاں

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: vāī

          Arabic script: وَاءِي

          Devanagari script: वाई

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ވެއު (veu)
      • Old Sinhalese: වපි (wapi)
        • Sinhalese: වැව (wæwa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: bāiya

        Devanagari script: बांय

        Latin script: baim

        Kannada script: ಬಾಂಯ್

  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: વાવ (vāv)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀟𑀻
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: bāuṛī
        • Hindi: बाउड़ी
        • Urdu: بَاءُڑِی (bā'uṛī)
          • → Marathi: बावडी (bāvḍī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: વાવડી (vāvḍī)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀮𑀻
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Old Awadhi: बावरी (bāvrī)
      • Hindustani: bāulī, bāurī
        • Hindi: बाउली, बाउरी
        • Urdu: بَاءُلِی (bā'ulī), بَاءُرِی (bā'urī)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bihari: बाव्ली (bāwlī)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: बावली (bāwalī)
• → Kannada: ಬಾವಿ (bāvi)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vapi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 672