चुप्पी
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Punjabi [Term?] (whence ਚੁੱਪ (cuppa, “silence”)), ultimately derived from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*cuppa). Compare चुप (cup) and चुपना (cupnā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]चुप्पी • (cuppī) f (Urdu spelling چُپِّی)
Declension
[edit]Declension of चुप्पी (fem ī-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चुप्पी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press