As a deity name
Name 734 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
आप
सर्व [सं॰ आत्मन्, प्रा॰ अत्त अप्प अप्परा्, पु आपनो] · स्वयं । खूद · 'तुम' और 'वे' के स्थान पर आदरार्थक प्रयोग । जैसे,—(क) कहिए बहुत दिन पर आप आए है, इतने दिन कहाँ थे? (ख) ईश्वरचंद्र विद्यासागर पुराने ढंग के पंड़ित थे । आपने समाज संशोधन के लिये बहुत कुछ उद्योग किया । (ग) आप बड़ी देर से खड़े है; ले जाकर बैठाते क्यों नहीं? — Śabdasāgara
आप · noun · masculine
जल । पानी — Śabdasāgara
आप · āp · pron.
com. gender, Self, himself, oneself, itself; he himself, you yourself, they themselves — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 7
आप
ye, you (formal, polite and grammatically plural); self
Cited formation "आप" is आ- + प: प means "the twenty-first consonant in Hindi", and the prefix आ- forms until; contrary. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(8) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁t- Proto-Indo-European *-mō Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁tmō Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman) Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa) Hindi आप Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa), from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā, fr…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
obtaining
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "āpa" is derived from "āp" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. āp cl. 5. P. āpnoti [AV. ix, 5, 22, &c.], (perf. āpa, aor. āpat, fut. āpsyati, inf. āptum), Ā. (perf. 3. pl. āpire, RV. ix, 108, 4, p. pf. āpāna, RV. ii, 34, 7, but also pres. p. āpnāna, RV. x, 114, 7) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon, RV.; AV.; ŚBr. &c.; to obtain, gain, take possession of RV.; AV. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.; to undergo, suffer, Mn.; to fall, come to any one; to enter, pervade, occupy; to equal: Pass. āpyate, to be reached or found or met with or obtained; to arrive at one's aim or end, become filled, TS. &c.: Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach or obtain or gain, ChUp. &c.; to cause any one to suffer; to hit, Kathās. : Desid. P. and Ā. īpsati and īpsate [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 55] to strive to reach or obtain, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.: Desid. of the Caus. āpipayiṣati, to strive to reach, ŚBr.;
āp [probably connected with 1. ap; cf. apna; Gk. ἄϕενος, ἀϕνειός; Lat. apiscor, aptus, ops; Old Germ. uoban; Mod. Germ. üben.]
1. āpa m. obtaining
āpa mfn. ifc. to be obtained (cf. dur˚).
Dictionary citations
1. āpa m. obtaining
āpa mfn. ifc. to be obtained (cf. dur˚).
2. āpa m. N. of one of the eight demigods called Vasus, VP.; Hariv.; MBh.
3. āpa n. (fr. 2. ap, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 37), a quantity of water, Mallinātha on Śiś. iii, 72.
āpa r. 1st, 5th & 10th cls. (ḷ.) āpḷ (āpati, āpnoti or -nute and āpayati) 1 To pervade or occupy. 2 To obtain, to gain. In the first sense it is usually employed with vi prefixed, and in the second with ava or pra; also with abhi andvi prefixed, to spread from one place to another; with pari and vi or saṃ and vi, to obtain completely; with saṃ and pra, to meet with, light upon or fall into; with upa, saṃ and pra, to arrive at, to enter.
1. āp cl. 5. P. āpnoti [AV. ix, 5, 22, &c.], (perf. āpa, aor. āpat, fut. āpsyati, inf. āptum), Ā. (perf. 3. pl. āpire, RV. ix, 108, 4, p. pf. āpāna, RV. ii, 34, 7, but also pres. p. āpnāna, RV. x, 114, 7) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon, RV.; AV.; ŚBr. &c.; to obtain, gain, take possession of RV.; AV. &c., MBh.; Mn. &c.; to undergo, suffer, Mn.; to fall, come to any one; to enter, pervade, occupy; to equal: Pass. āpyate, to be reached or found or met with or obtained; to arrive at one's aim or end, become filled, TS. &c.: Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach or obtain or gain, ChUp. &c.; to cause any one to suffer; to hit, Kathās. : Desid. P. and Ā. īpsati and īpsate [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 55] to strive to reach or obtain, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.: Desid. of the Caus. āpipayiṣati, to strive to reach, ŚBr.;
āp [probably connected with 1. ap; cf. apna; Gk. ἄϕενος, ἀϕνειός; Lat. apiscor, aptus, ops; Old Germ. uoban; Mod. Germ. üben.]
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