गपोड़

Hindi

Etymology

From गप (gap). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.poːɽ/, [ɡɐ.poːɽ]
• Rhymes: -oːɽ

Noun

गपोड़ • (gapoṛ) m

1. gossiper, chatterer

   वो लड़की बड़ी गपोड़ है।

   vo laṛkī baṛī gapoṛ hai.

   That girl is quite a chatterbox.

2. idle talk, gossip
3. baseless or exaggerated remarks, rumour
   • 1914, Maithili Sharan Gupt, भारत-भारती [bhārat-bhārtī], Lokbharati Prakashan, page 93:

     आपने यह सिद्ध कर दिया है कि हमारे प्राचीन ग्रन्थों में बाण-विद्या की जिन अद्भूत करामातों का उल्लेख है, जिन्हें लोग पौराणिक गपोड़ समझते हैं, वे कपोल-कल्पित कहानियाँ नहीं, वरन् सब सही हैं।

     āpne yah siddh kar diyā hai ki hamāre prācīn granthõ mẽ bāṇ-vidyā kī jin adbhūt karāmātõ kā ullekh hai, jinhẽ log paurāṇik gapoṛ samajhte ha͠i, ve kapol-kalpit kahāniyā̃ nahī̃, varan sab sahī ha͠i.

     You have proved that the amazing feats of archery mentioned in our ancient texts, which people consider to be Puranic gasbaggery, are not mere imaginary stories but rather they are all true.

Derived terms

• गपड़चौथ (gapaṛcauth)
• गपोड़ शंख (gapoṛ śaṅkh)
• गपोड़पंथ (gapoṛpanth)
• गपोड़बाज़ (gapoṛbāz)
• गपोड़ा (gapoṛā)
• गपोड़िया (gapoṛiyā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “gapōṛa”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “gapa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “gapōṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “gapōṛa”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “gapōṛā”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.