अप-

See also: अप्, अपि, and अपी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अप (ápa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অপ- (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬧ- (Balinese script)
• অপ- (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰢- (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀧- (Brahmi script)
• အပ- (Burmese script)
• અપ- (Gujarati script)
• ਅਪ- (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌪- (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦥ- (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂣- (Kaithi script)
• ಅಪ- (Kannada script)
• អប- (Khmer script)
• ອປ- (Lao script)
• അപ- (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘢- (Modi script)
• ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧂- (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐥- (Newa script)
• ଅପ- (Odia script)
• ꢂꢦ- (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆥- (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖢- (Siddham script)
• අප- (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩰- (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚞- (Takri script)
• அப- (Tamil script)
• అప- (Telugu script)
• อป- (Thai script)
• ཨ་པ- (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒣- (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨞- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hapá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hapá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀 (apa), Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Latin ab (“from”), Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.pɐ/

Prefix

अप- • (ápa-)

1. away, off, back
2. down

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “away”): उप- (úpa-), अनु- (ánu-), सम्- (sam-), प्र- (prá-)
• (antonym(s) of “down”): उद्- (úd-)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with अप-

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अप-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 47, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ápa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 82