चुप

See also: चाप and चाँपो

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*cuppa, “silent”), perhaps of onomatopoeic origin.

Adjective

चुप • (cup) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling چپ)

1. silent, quiet
2. still

Interjection

चुप • (cup) (Urdu spelling چپ)

1. keep quiet, shush
2. shut up

Derived terms

• गुपचुप (gupcup, “secretly, furtively”)
• चुप करना (cup karnā, “to silence”)
• चुप बनाना (cup banānā, “to shush, silence”)
• चुप रहना (cup rahnā, “to be quiet”)
• चुपकी (cupkī, “silence”)
• चुपके (cupke, “silently”)
• चुपचाप (cupcāp, “secretly, continuously silent”)
• चुपचुपाना (cupcupānā, “to be very silent”)
• चुपना (cupnā, “to be quiet”)

 

Related terms

• चुप्पी (cuppī)

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: chup

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cuppa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press