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Latvian
Noun
rūpa f (4th declension)
- (dialectal) worries, concerns; alternative form of rūpe
Declension
Declension of rūpa (4th declension)
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “outward appearance or colour, form, shape, figure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru.pa/
- Rhymes: -pa
- Hyphenation: rū‧pa
Noun
rūpa
- outward appearance or colour, form, figure, shape
- grace, beauty
- (Buddhism) material form
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "rūpa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀭𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- रूप (Devanagari script)
- রূপ (Bengali script)
- රූප (Sinhalese script)
- ရူပ (Burmese script)
- รูป or รูปะ (Thai script)
- ᩁᩪᨷ (Tai Tham script)
- ຣູປ or ຣູປະ (Lao script)
- រូប (Khmer script)
- 𑄢𑄫𑄛 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀭𑀽𑀅 (rūa).
Noun
rūpa n
- form, figure, material form
Declension
Declension table of "rūpa" (neuter)
Descendants
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rūpa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead