卒塔婆

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 卒塔婆. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 卒塔婆, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 卒塔婆 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 卒塔婆 you have here. The definition of the word 卒塔婆 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of卒塔婆, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
卒 塔 婆
そつ > そ
Grade: 4 		とう
Grade: S 		ば
Grade: S
irregular on’yomi goon
Alternative spellings
率塔婆
窣堵婆

From Middle Chinese 卒塔婆 (MC tswit|tshwot|tswot thap ba), in turn a transliteration of Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa, “heap, mound, relic-shrine, summit”).

The length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?). The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

Noun

卒(そ)塔(とう)婆(ば) • (sotōba) ←そたふば (sotafuba)?

  1. (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
  2. (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
卒 塔 婆
そつ > そ
Grade: 4 		とう > と
Grade: S 		ば
Grade: S
irregular goon
Alternative spellings
卒塔婆
率塔婆
卒都婆
率都婆

Possibly a sound shift from sotōba. Then again, the length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?). The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

Noun

卒(そ)塔(と)婆(ば) • (sotoba) 

  1. (Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba
  2. (Buddhism) wooden grave tablet
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “卒都婆・卒塔婆・率都婆”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “卒塔婆”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia