वापी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱাপী (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬧᬷ (Balinese script)
বাপী (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰢𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀧𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဝါပီ (Burmese script)
વાપી (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਪੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌪𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦥꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂣𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ವಾಪೀ (Kannada script)
វាបី (Khmer script)
ວາປີ (Lao script)
വാപീ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘢𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᢒᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑧂𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐥𑐷 (Newa script)
ଵାପୀ (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢦꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆥𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖢𑖱 (Siddham script)
වාපී (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑩰𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚞𑚯 (Takri script)
வாபீ (Tamil script)
వాపీ (Telugu script)
วาปี (Thai script)
ཝཱ་པཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒣𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨞𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *weHp-. Compare Lithuanian upė.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.piː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.piː/

Noun

वापी • (vāpī) stem, f

pond, pool (of water)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of वापी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वापी (vāpī)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) वापीः¹ (vāpīḥ¹)
accusative	वापीम् (vāpīm)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वापीः (vāpīḥ)
instrumental	वाप्या (vāpyā)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभिः (vāpībhiḥ)
dative	वाप्यै (vāpyai)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभ्यः (vāpībhyaḥ)
ablative	वाप्याः (vāpyāḥ) वाप्यै² (vāpyai²)	वापीभ्याम् (vāpībhyām)	वापीभ्यः (vāpībhyaḥ)
genitive	वाप्याः (vāpyāḥ) वाप्यै² (vāpyai²)	वाप्योः (vāpyoḥ)	वापीनाम् (vāpīnām)
locative	वाप्याम् (vāpyām)	वाप्योः (vāpyoḥ)	वापीषु (vāpīṣu)
vocative	वापि (vāpi)	वाप्यौ (vāpyau) वापी¹ (vāpī¹)	वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) वापीः¹ (vāpīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: vāpi
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯𑀻 (vāvī)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: bāwī, bāī̃
      - Hindi: बावी, बाईं
      - Urdu: بَاوِی (bāvī), بَاءِیں (bā'ī̃)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: vā̃, bā̃
        Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਂ, ਬਾਂ
        
        Shahmukhi script: وَاں, بَاں
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: vāī
        Arabic script: وَاءِي
        
        Devanagari script: वाई
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ވެއު (veu)
    - Old Sinhalese: වපි (wapi)
      - Sinhalese: වැව (wæwa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: bāiya
      Devanagari script: बांय
      
      Latin script: baim
      
      Kannada script: ಬಾಂಯ್
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: વાવ (vāv)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀟𑀻
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: bāuṛī
      - Hindi: बाउड़ी
      - Urdu: بَاءُڑِی (bā'uṛī)
        → Marathi: बावडी (bāvḍī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: વાવડી (vāvḍī)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀯~𑀮𑀻
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Old Awadhi: बावरी (bāvarī)
    - Hindustani: bāulī, bāurī
      - Hindi: बाउली, बाउरी
      - Urdu: بَاءُلِی (bā'ulī), بَاءُرِی (bā'urī)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari: बाव्ली (bāwlī)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: बावली (bāwalī)
→ Kannada: ಬಾವಿ (bāvi)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vapi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 672