जप

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जप (japa) or deverbal form of जपना (japnā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəp/, [d͡ʒɐp]

Noun

जप • (jap) m

1. repetition in a low tone of an incantation, or the name of a deity
2. counting silently the beads of a rosary
3. a muttered prayer or spell
4. meditation on the name of a deity

Declension

Declension of जप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जप jap	जप jap
oblique	जप jap	जपों japõ
vocative	जप jap	जपो japo

Derived terms

• जप करना (jap karnā, “to mutter prayers”)
• जप-तप (jap-tap, “devotion”)
• जप-माल (jap-māl)
• जप-माला (jap-mālā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জপ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬧ (Balinese script)
• জপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ဇပ (Burmese script)
• જપ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಪ (Kannada script)
• ជប (Khmer script)
• ຊປ (Lao script)
• ജപ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଜପ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ජප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஜப (Tamil script)
• జప (Telugu script)
• ชป (Thai script)
• ཛ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जप् (jap) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.pɐ/

Noun

जप • (jápa) stem, m (root जप्)

1. whisper, mutter
2. chant of prayers

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जप

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जपः (jápaḥ)	जपौ (jápau) जपा¹ (jápā¹)	जपाः (jápāḥ) जपासः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹)
vocative	जप (jápa)	जपौ (jápau) जपा¹ (jápā¹)	जपाः (jápāḥ) जपासः¹ (jápāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जपम् (jápam)	जपौ (jápau) जपा¹ (jápā¹)	जपान् (jápān)
instrumental	जपेन (jápena)	जपाभ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपैः (jápaiḥ) जपेभिः¹ (jápebhiḥ¹)
dative	जपाय (jápāya)	जपाभ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपेभ्यः (jápebhyaḥ)
ablative	जपात् (jápāt)	जपाभ्याम् (jápābhyām)	जपेभ्यः (jápebhyaḥ)
genitive	जपस्य (jápasya)	जपयोः (jápayoḥ)	जपानाम् (jápānām)
locative	जपे (jápe)	जपयोः (jápayoḥ)	जपेषु (jápeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “जप”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Monier Williams (1899) “जप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 412, column 1.