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अप-

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See also: अप्, अपि, and अपी

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎠𐎱 (apa, “away”), Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬀 (apa), Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀢 (a-pu), Latin ab (“from”), Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), Proto-Slavic *po.

    Pronunciation

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    Prefix

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    अप॑- • (ápa-)

    1. away, off, back
      Antonyms: उप॑- (úpa-), अनु॑- (ánu-), सम्- (sám-), प्र- (prá-)
    2. down
      Antonym: उद्- (úd-)

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899), “अप-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 47, column 3.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ápa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 82