Where does “धूप” come from?

धूप (Hindi) comes from Hindi बत्ती, from Sanskrit वर्तिका, from Sanskrit वर्ती — anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound.

धूप (Hindi): sunshine; the heat of the sun; incense

Definitions

  1. sunshine; the heat of the sun; incense

Ancestry of “धूप”, step by step

धूप traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi बत्ती

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबत्तीcandle, light; wick, fuse
2Sanskritवर्तिकाwick; quail
3Sanskritवर्तीanything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound

via Sanskrit धूप

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritधूपincense
2SanskritअA vocative particle; o, oh; An interjection of...

Words derived from “धूप”

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