रूप

See also: रुप, रुपें, and रूप्

Awadhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya).

Noun

रूप (rūp) m

1. silver

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रूप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 868

Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Noun

रूप (rūp) f (Kaithi 𑂩𑂴𑂣)

1. form
2. shape, appearance

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾuːp/

Noun

रूप • (rūp) m (Urdu spelling روپ)

1. outward appearance, form, figure, shape, appearance, semblance, image, representation, picture

   युद्ध साल-साल नाए रूप में प्रतीत होता है।

   yuddh sāl-sāl nāe rūp mẽ pratīt hotā hai.

   Year after year, war appears in a new form.

2. face, countenance, aspect, features
3. colour
4. beautiful appearance
5. handsome form or figure, shapeliness, beauty, elegance, grace
6. natural state or condition, case
7. natural disposition, nature, character
8. feature, sign, symptom
9. kind, sort, species
10. mode, manner, method
11. (arithmetic) discrete quantity, the number one, arithmetical unit; integer number
12. (poetic) a symbolical expression for one
13. the known or absolute number, known quantity
14. a drama, play, dramatic composition

Declension

Declension of रूप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रूप rūp	रूप rūp
oblique	रूप rūp	रूपों rūpõ
vocative	रूप rūp	रूपो rūpo

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi रूप (rūpa), from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾup/, [ɾuːp]

Noun

रूप • (rūp) n

1. appearance, visage
2. form, shape

   Synonyms: आकार (ākār), स्वरूप (svarūp)

3. mode, manner, method
4. (figuratively) attractive, good looks

Declension

Declension of रूप (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	रूप rūpa
direct plural	रूपे, रूपं rūpae, rūpa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	रूप rūpa		रूपे, रूपं rūpae, rūpa
oblique सामान्यरूप	रूपा rūpaā		रूपां- rūpaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	रूपाला rūpaālā		रूपांना rūpaānnā
ergative	रूपाने, रूपानं rūpaāne, rūpaāna		रूपांनी rūpaānnī
instrumental	रूपाशी rūpaāśī		रूपांशी rūpaānśī
locative सप्तमी	रूपात rūpaāt		रूपांत rūpaāt
vocative संबोधन	रूपा rūpaā		रूपांनो rūpaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of रूप (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	रूपाचा rūpaāċā	रूपाचे rūpaāċe	रूपाची rūpaācī	रूपाच्या rūpaācā	रूपाचे, रूपाचं rūpaāċe, rūpaāċa	रूपाची rūpaācī	रूपाच्या rūpaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	रूपांचा rūpaānċā	रूपांचे rūpaānċe	रूपांची rūpaāñcī	रूपांच्या rūpaāncā	रूपांचे, रूपांचं rūpaānċe, rūpaānċa	रूपांची rūpaāñcī	रूपांच्या rūpaāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रूप”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “रूप”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Nepali

Alternative forms

• रुप (rup)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rup]
• Phonetic Devanagari: रुप्

Noun

रूप • (rūp)

1. appearance, form, shape
2. beauty
3. position, situation
4. syndrome, symptom

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rūpa (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi 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)

Noun

रूप n

1. Devanagari script form of rūpa

Declension

Declension table of "रूप" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	रूपं (rūpaṃ)	रूपानि (rūpāni)
Accusative (second)	रूपं (rūpaṃ)	रूपानि (rūpāni)
Instrumental (third)	रूपेन (rūpena)	रूपेहि (rūpehi) or रूपेभि (rūpebhi)
Dative (fourth)	रूपस्स (rūpassa) or रूपाय (rūpāya) or रूपत्थं (rūpatthaṃ)	रूपानं (rūpānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	रूपस्मा (rūpasmā) or रूपम्हा (rūpamhā) or रूपा (rūpā)	रूपेहि (rūpehi) or रूपेभि (rūpebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	रूपस्स (rūpassa)	रूपानं (rūpānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	रूपस्मिं (rūpasmiṃ) or रूपम्हि (rūpamhi) or रूपे (rūpe)	रूपेसु (rūpesu)
Vocative (calling)	रूप (rūpa)	रूपानि (rūpāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৰূপ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬹᬧ (Balinese script)
• রূপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰳𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ရူပ (Burmese script)
• રૂપ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੂਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍂𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦹꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂴𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ರೂಪ (Kannada script)
• រូប (Khmer script)
• ຣູປ (Lao script)
• രൂപ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡠᡠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘴𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠤᠤᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧕𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐹𑐥 (Newa script)
• ରୂପ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢹꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆷𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖳𑖢 (Siddham script)
• රූප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩒𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚱𑚞 (Takri script)
• ரூப (Tamil script)
• రూప (Telugu script)
• รูป (Thai script)
• རཱུ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒴𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨃𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?]. Perhaps related to Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥- (urvan-, “soul; immortal part of a human being or an animal”) and Persian روان (ravân, “soul”). Not related to वर्पस् (várpas).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾuː.pɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾuː.pɐ/

Noun

रूप • (rūpá) stem, n

1. outward appearance, color, form, shape
2. right form i.e. beauty
3. nature, character, mark, peculiarity
4. circumstances
5. drama, play

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रूप (rūpá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रूपम् rūpám	रूपे rūpé	रूपाणि / रूपा¹ rūpā́ṇi / rūpā́¹
Vocative	रूप rū́pa	रूपे rū́pe	रूपाणि / रूपा¹ rū́pāṇi / rū́pā¹
Accusative	रूपम् rūpám	रूपे rūpé	रूपाणि / रूपा¹ rūpā́ṇi / rūpā́¹
Instrumental	रूपेण rūpéṇa	रूपाभ्याम् rūpā́bhyām	रूपैः / रूपेभिः¹ rūpaíḥ / rūpébhiḥ¹
Dative	रूपाय rūpā́ya	रूपाभ्याम् rūpā́bhyām	रूपेभ्यः rūpébhyaḥ
Ablative	रूपात् rūpā́t	रूपाभ्याम् rūpā́bhyām	रूपेभ्यः rūpébhyaḥ
Genitive	रूपस्य rūpásya	रूपयोः rūpáyoḥ	रूपाणाम् rūpā́ṇām
Locative	रूपे rūpé	रूपयोः rūpáyoḥ	रूपेषु rūpéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Pali: rūpa
  • → Burmese: ရူပ (rupa.), ရုပ် (rup)
• Southern:
  • Elu:
    • Sinhalese: රුව (ruwa), රූ (rū)
    • Dhivehi: ރޫ (rū)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀽𑀅 (rūa)
• Central:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: રુડ઼ુ (ruṛu)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: रूड़ा (rūṛā)

      Urdu: رُوڑَا (rūṛā)

Borrowed terms

• → Odia: ରୂପ (rupa)
• → Assamese: ৰূপ (rup)
• → Bengali: রূপ (rup)
• → Bhojpuri: रूप (rūp)
• → Hindi: रूप (rūp)
• → Kannada: ರೂಪ (rūpa)
• → Khmer: រូប (ruup)
• → Lao: ຮູບ (hūp)
• → Malayalam: രൂപം (rūpaṁ)
• → Malay: rupa
• → Marathi: रूप (rūp)
• → Old Javanese: rūpa
  • > Javanese: ꦫꦸꦥ (rupa) (inherited)
• → Punjabi: ਰੂਪ (rūp)
• → Sinhalese: රෑප (rǣpa)
• → Tamil: ரூபம் (rūpam), உருவம் (uruvam), உரு (uru)
• → Telugu: రూపము (rūpamu)
• → Thai: รูป (rûup)
• → Urdu: روپ (rūp)

Further reading

• Cappeller, Carl 1891: A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Strassburg.
• Monier-Williams, Monier 1899: Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford.