گپ

See also: کب, کت, and گت

Bakhtiari

Etymology 1

Compare Persian گپ (gap), Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha [script needed] (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Noun

  1. speech, talk
Derived terms
  • گپ زیدن (gap zaydan)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Lari گپ (gap), Kumzari گیپ (gayp).

Noun

  1. big
  2. old

Mazanderani

Noun

گپ (gap)

  1. discussion

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare Mazanderani گپ (gap), Gilaki گب (gəb), Talysh گف (gaf), Talysh گپ (gap) (in Astara), Northern Luri گپ (gap), Yidgha گپ (gap), Ishkashimi [script needed] (gap), Northern Kurdish gef ('threat') and gep ('cheek'). Compare the verb گپتن (gaptan, goptan).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari گپ
Iranian Persian
Tajik гап (gap)

گپ (gap)

  1. discussion
  2. gossip, chit-chat
  3. rumor
  4. idle talk
  5. saying
  6. word
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: գափ (gapʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: gap
  • Bashkir: гәпләшеү (gäpläşew)
  • Kazakh: гәп (gäp)

Etymology 2

From Old Persian [Term?].

Adjective

گپ (transliteration needed)

  1. (dialectal) big, great

Urdu

Etymology

An onomatopoeic word from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀧𑁆𑀧- (*gappa-). Cognate with Persian گپ (gap), Punjabi ਗੱਪ (gappa) / گپّ (gappa), Bengali গপ (gop), Gujarati ગપ (gap), Nepali गफ (gaph), Oriya ଗପ (gôpô), Assamese গপ (gop).

Noun

گپ (gap) f (Hindi spelling गप)

  1. gossip
  2. idle talk
  3. talk
  4. chit-chat

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), گپ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), گپ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), گپ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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