دھوپ

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuːp/

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• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*dhipp)?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (*dhuppā)

Urdu دُھوپ (dhūp)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (*dhuppā). Cognate Punjabi دُھپّ (dhupp) / ਧੁੱਪ (dhuppa) and Gujarati ધૂપ (dhūp).

Noun

دُھوپ • (dhūp) f (Hindi spelling धूप)

1. sunlight, sunshine; heat of the Sun
2. (by extension) the Sun

Declension

Declension of دھوپ

	singular	plural
direct	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپیں (dhūpẽ)
oblique	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپوں (dhūpõ)
vocative	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپو (dhūpo)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धूप (dhūpa).

Noun

دُھوپ • (dhūp) m (Hindi spelling धूप)

1. incense, frankincense

Declension

Declension of دھوپ

	singular	plural
direct	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپ (dhūp)
oblique	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپوں (dhūpõ)
vocative	دُھوپ (dhūp)	دُھوپو (dhūpo)

Further reading

• “دھوپ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دھوپ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دهوپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 322
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دهوپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 550
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “دهوپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 662
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “دھوپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhuppā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press