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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬧ (Balinese script)
- -ပ (Burmese script)
- -प (Devanagari script)
- -ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌪 (Grantha script)
- -ꦥ (Javanese script)
- -𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- -ប (Khmer script)
- -ປ (Lao script)
- -പ (Malayalam script)
- -ᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘢 (Modi script)
- -ᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- -𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐥 (Newa script)
- -ପ (Odia script)
- -ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆥 (Sharada script)
- -𑖢 (Siddham script)
- -ප (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚞 (Takri script)
- -ப (Tamil script)
- -ป (Thai script)
- -་པ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root पा (pā, “to protect”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-प • (-pa) m
- protector
- भू (bhū, “land, earth”) + -प (-pa) → भूप (bhūpa, “protector of land, king”)
- गो (go, “cow”) + -प (-pa) → प (pa, “protector of cows, cowherd”)
Declension
Derived terms