As a Hindi name
जाप · noun · masculine
किसी मंत्र या स्तोत्र आदि का बार बार मन में उच्चारण । मंत्र की विधिपूर्वक आवृति । ड॰— अनमिल आखर अर्थ न जापू । प्रगट प्रभाव महेश प्रतापू ।— तुलसी (शब्द॰) · भगवान् क् नाम का बार बार स्मरण और उच्चारण — Śabdasāgara
जाप · noun · feminine
मंत्र या नाम आदि जपने की माला — Śabdasāgara
जाप · jāp · s.m.
Muttering prayers or telling beads, &c. ( = jap, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 369
जाप · masculine
chant, recitation; muttering, whispering
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit जप — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Derived from Sanskrit जप (japa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
japa mfn. ‘muttering, whispering’, see karṇe-, ku-
japa m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 61; oxyt. g. uñchādi) muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from scripture or charms or names of a deity, &c., muttered prayer or spell, AitBr. ii, 38; ŚBr. ii; ŚāṅkhŚr.; Nir. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
muttering prayers, a muttered prayer, ( for japa; see also jāpya).
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jāpa m. (√ jap) ‘whispering’, see karṇa-
muttering prayers, L. a muttered prayer, L. (R. i, 51, 27 for japa; see also jāpya).
jāpa m. (-paḥ) Muttering prayers or beads, reciting passages of the Vedas, &c. inaudibly. E. japa to mutter, &c. affix ghañ, deriv. irr.
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