آپ

See also: ات, أب, آب, آت, and اب

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-. Compare Persian آب (âb), Northern Kurdish av, Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه (Obë /Obo), Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap), Sanskrit अप् (áp).

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /aːp/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /aːf/

Noun

آپ • (áp)

1. water

References

• Carina Jahani, Standardization and Orthography in the Balochi Language (1989), page 103: This would mean that, for instance, the Western forms gok 'cow', ap 'water', rod 'day' and waja 'master' would be written, but that the Easterners could read them out as gox, af, ros and waza.

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (appā), from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul, spirit; self”). Doublet of آپاں (āpāṉ)

Pronoun

آپ • (āp) (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਪ)

1. self, oneself; reflexive pronoun

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸 (appā), from Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātmán, “soul, spirit; self”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-mō. Cognate with Gujarati આપું (āpũ), Nepali आंत (ānta), Marathi आपण (āpaṇ), Bengali আপনি (apni), Sinhalese අපි (api). Compare Kamkata-viri amú (“self”), Dhivehi އަހަރެން (aharen̊).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːp/

Pronoun

آپ • (āp) (Hindi spelling आप)

1. (formal, polite) second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun, grammatically plural: you, ye; Early Modern English formal ye.
2. (rare, honorific) third-person subjective or objective personal pronoun: he, she, they, him, her, them

   آپ ﷺ نے فرمایا "جس شخص نے نکاح کرلیا اس نے اپنا آدھا دین مکمل کرلیا"۔

   āp SAW ne farmāyā "jis śaxs ne nikāh karliyā us-ne apnā ādhā dīn mukammal karliyā".

   He SAW said, "The person who gets married has completed half of his religion".

3. reflexive pronoun: oneself, one's own

   Synonym: خود (xud)

   مشین آپ ہی چل پڑی ― maśīn āp-hī cal paṛī ― the machine started on its own

Usage notes

• آپ is the most formal way of expressing "you" in Urdu and is used when addressing elders or those higher in social status. Because less formal forms could offend others, آپ is the safest way to express "you" unless there is reason to be less formal.
• Because آپ is grammatically plural (adjectives and verbs etc affected by it take their plural forms) even when there is only one person being referred to, the term آپ لوگ (literally: you people) can be used to specify that more than one person is being referred to because of T-V distinction.

Declension

declension of آپ

direct	آپ (āp)
indirect	آپ (āp)
ergative	آپ نے (āp-ne)
genitive	آپ کا (āp-kā)
dative	آپ کو (āp-ko)

Derived terms

• اپنے آپ (apne-āp)

See also

• تو (tū) - informal, intimate, contemptuous or possibly vulgar, grammatically singular
• تم (tum) - semiformal, familiar, grammatically plural

Urdu personal pronouns
Person	Description		Direct case	Indirect case	Ergative case	Dative/Accusative case
1st person	singular		مَیں (ma͠i)	مُجھ (mujh)	مَیں نے (ma͠i ne)	مُجھ کو (mujh ko), مُجھے (mujhe)
	formal (rare)		خَاکْسَار (xāksār)		خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne)	خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
	plural		ہَم (ham)		ہَم نے (ham ne)	ہَم کو (ham ko), ہَمیں (hamẽ)
2nd person	informal (intimate)		تُو (tū)	تُجھ (tujh)	تُو نے (tū ne)	تُجھ کو (tujh ko), تُجھے (tujhe)
	semiformal (familiar)		تُم (tum)		تُم نے (tum ne)	تُم کو (tum ko), تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)
	formal (polite)		آپ (āp)		آپ نے (āp ne)	آپ کو (āp ko)
3rd person	proximal	singular / informal	یِہ (ye)	اِس (is)	اِس نے (is ne)	اِس کو (is ko), اِسے (ise)
		plural / formal		اِن (in)	اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne)	اِن کو (in ko), اِنْہیں (inhẽ)
	distal	singular / informal	وُہ (vo)	اُس (us)	اُس نے (us ne)	اُس کو (us ko), اُسے (use)
		plural / formal		اُن (un)	اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne)	اُن کو (un ko), اُنْہیں (unhẽ)