Where does “পাপ” come from?

পাপ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

পাপ (Bengali): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “পাপ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás →Every word from Sanskrit पाप →