वापस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (wāpas). Compare Punjabi ਵਾਪਸ (vāpas).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.pəs/, [ʋäː.pɐs]
Rhymes: -əs
Hyphenation: वा‧पस

Adjective

वापस • (vāpas) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling واپس)

back
वापस आना ― vāpas ānā ― to come back

वापस देना ― vāpas denā ― to return
returned, restored
पैसे वापस देना ― paise vāpas denā ― to return money

Derived terms

वापसी (vāpsī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वापस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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