thūpa

See also: thupa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀣𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
  • थूप (Devanagari script)
  • থূপ (Bengali script)
  • ථූප (Sinhalese script)
  • ထူပ (Burmese script)
  • ถูป or ถูปะ (Thai script)
  • ᨳᩪᨷ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຖູປ or ຖູປະ (Lao script)
  • ថូប (Khmer script)
  • 𑄗𑄫𑄛 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). See also Old Chinese 塔 (OC *tʰuːb, “tower, pagoda”), which was borrowed from a Middle Indo-Aryan relative of the Pali.

Noun

thūpa m

  1. tope
  2. pagoda
  3. cairn
  4. a monument erected over the ashes of a holy person

Declension

Declension table of "thūpa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)thūpothūpā
Accusative (second)thūpaṃthūpe
Instrumental (third)thūpenathūpehi or thūpebhi
Dative (fourth)thūpassa or thūpāya or thūpatthaṃthūpānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)thūpasmā or thūpamhā or thūpāthūpehi or thūpebhi
Genitive (sixth)thūpassathūpānaṃ
Locative (seventh)thūpasmiṃ or thūpamhi or thūpethūpesu
Vocative (calling)thūpathūpā

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ထူပါ (htupa)

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “thūpa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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