Where does “دھوپ” come from?

دھوپ (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit धूप, from Sanskrit अ — A vocative particle; o, oh; An interjection of...

دھوپ (Urdu): sunshine; heat of the sun; incense

Definitions

  1. sunshine; heat of the sun; incense

Ancestry of “دھوپ”, step by step

دھوپ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit धूप

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

via Ashokan Prakrit *𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ashokan Prakrit*𑀥𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸sunshine
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