# آپ
## 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: /aːp/
* (Eastern) IPA: /aːf/

### Noun

آپ • (áp)
* 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)
* 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: /ɑːp/

### Pronoun

آپ • (āp) (Hindi spelling आप)
* (formal, polite) second-person subjective or objective personal pronoun, grammatically plural: you, ye; Early Modern English formal ye.
* (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".
* 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.

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