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Where does “આપ” come from?

આપ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit अप्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

આપ (Gujarati): second-person formal honorific personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. second-person formal honorific personal pronoun

Ancestry of “આપ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअप्water; air; The star δ Virginis in Virgo
2Proto-Indo-IranianHā́pswater
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
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