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Pali
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
- tope
- pagoda
- cairn
- a monument erected over the ashes of a holy person
Declension
Declension table of "thūpa" (masculine)
Descendants
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “thūpa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead