आप

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit आत्मन् (ātman, “self”). The use as a second-person polite personal pronoun probably developed from its use deferentially (in the same way as "Your Honor").

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /aːp/

Pronoun

आप • (āp) (Urdu spelling آپ)

1. you (formal, polite and grammatically plural)

   (deprecated template usage)

   आपका दिन कैसा था पिताजी?

   āpkā din kaisā thā pitājī?

   How was your day, father?

2. your Honor, your worship (reverential usage)
3. (in some phrases, now obsolete) self

   (deprecated template usage) अपने आप ― apne āp ― oneself

   (deprecated template usage) अपना ― apnā ― one's own

Declension

Pronoun declension of आप

direct	आप āp
indirect	आप āp
ergative	आपने āpne
genitive	आपका āpkā
dative	आपको, आपको āpko, āpko
instrumental/ablative	आपसे āpse
inessive	आपमें āpmẽ
adessive	आपपे, आपपर āppe, āppar
terminative	आपतक āptak
semblative	आपसा āpsā

Usage notes

• आप (āp) is the most formal way of expressing "you" in Hindi and is used when addressing elders or those higher in social status. Because less formal forms could offend others, आप (āp) is the safest way to express "you" unless there is reason to be less formal.
• Because आप (āp) 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 आप लोग (āp log) (literally: you people) can be used to specify that more than one person is being referred to because of T-V distinction.

See also

• तुम (tum, “you”) (formal)
• तू (tū, “you”) (informal)

See also

• तुम (tum) (mid level formality, grammatically plural)
• तू (tū) (complete lack of human formality, grammatically singular)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• āpa (Latin script)
• 𑀆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• আপ (Bengali script)
• ආප (Sinhalese script)
• အာပ (Burmese script)
• อาป (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᨷ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາປ or ອາປະ (Lao script)
• អាប (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄛 (Chakma script)

Noun

आप ?

1. water