thūpa

See also: thupa

Pali

Alternative forms

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

1. tope
2. pagoda
3. cairn
4. a monument erected over the ashes of a holy person

Declension

Declension table of "thūpa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	thūpo	thūpā
Accusative (second)	thūpaṃ	thūpe
Instrumental (third)	thūpena	thūpehi or thūpebhi
Dative (fourth)	thūpassa or thūpāya or thūpatthaṃ	thūpānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	thūpasmā or thūpamhā or thūpā	thūpehi or thūpebhi
Genitive (sixth)	thūpassa	thūpānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	thūpasmiṃ or thūpamhi or thūpe	thūpesu
Vocative (calling)	thūpa	thūpā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ထူပါ (htupa)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “thūpa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead