चुप रहना chup rahnā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · g.v.

Earlier definition

Definition

To remain quiet, to keep silence, to remain silent, to practice silence, to be dumb.

Usual translation

remain in silence

Origin of the definition

चुप cup [*cuppa-1], f. & adj. 1. f. silence; quiet. 2. adj. silent; quiet. 3. adv. silently; quietly. — ~ करना, v.t. to keep silent, not to allow to be heard. ~ रहना or लगाना, to remain quiet; to keep silence. ~ लगना (को), to be struck dumb. ~ साधना, = ~ रहना; to practise silence. ~ होकर, in silence. – चुप-चाप, adj. & adv. continously silent, quite silent or still; quite silently; furtively, secretly; inertly. चुप-चुप, adj. & adv. id.

H چپ चुप ćup [cf. S. चुप् 'to move quietly or stealthily'], s.f. Silence, quiet, stillness; — adj. & adv. Quiet, silent; secret, stealthy; — quietly, silently, &c.; — intj. Silence! be quiet! ( = ćup rah): — ćup-ā-ćup, ćup-ćup, ćup-ćāp, adj. & adv. Quite silent, perfectly quiet or still: silently, softly, quietly, secretly, furtively, stealthily: — ćup rahnā, ćup sādhnā, ćup lagānā, v.n. To remain silent, to practice silence, to be dumb: — ćup lagnā (-ko), To be struck cumb: — ćup nāṅdhnā, v.n. = ćup rahnā, q.v.: — ćup hoke, adv. Silently, quietly, in silence: — cup honā or ho-jānā, v.n. To be or become silent, be speechless; to be silenced.

रहना rahnā (hindi)

To remain, to stay.