stupa en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈstuːpə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.
Meanings
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A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
I cupped her cheeks and thought of the lotus flowers at the thresholds of Buddhist stupas, their pale petals resting in the palms of the faithful.
2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 303:He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.
1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stupas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (51)
lo ສະຖູບ (Buddhist monument) · ro chedi (Buddhist monument) · ne स्तूप (Buddhist monument) · bua субарга (Buddhist monument) · txb pat (Buddhist monument) · fr stupa (Buddhist monument) · th เจดีย์ (Buddhist monument) · my ဘုရား (Buddhist monument) · ja 卒塔婆 (Buddhist monument) · pt estupa (Buddhist monument) · lo ເຈດີ (Buddhist monument) · th ธาตุ (Buddhist monument) · et stuupa (Buddhist monument) · cmn 佛塔 (Buddhist monument) · xal суврһн (Buddhist monument) · hu sztúpa (Buddhist monument) · ml സ്തൂപം (Buddhist monument) · km ចេតិយ (Buddhist monument) · cmn 舍利塔 (Buddhist monument) · mn суврага (Buddhist monument) · sa स्तूप (Buddhist monument) · ko 탑파 (Buddhist monument) · bo མཆོད་རྟེན (Buddhist monument) · ko 스투파 (Buddhist monument) · ta தூபி (Buddhist monument) · vi tháp (Buddhist monument) · si ස්තූපය (Buddhist monument) · fr stûpa (Buddhist monument) · eo stupao (Buddhist monument) · ca stupa (Buddhist monument) · nl stoepa (Buddhist monument) · th สถูป (Buddhist monument) · ar سْتُوبَا (Buddhist monument) · de Stupa (Buddhist monument) · my ထူပါ (Buddhist monument) · ta தாது கோபுரம் (Buddhist monument) · it stupa (Buddhist monument) · sip མཆོད་རྟེན (Buddhist monument) · fi stupa (Buddhist monument) · pl stupa (Buddhist monument) · ko 탑 (Buddhist monument) · ko 솔도파 (Buddhist monument) · cmn 窣堵坡 (Buddhist monument) · mn ᠰᠤᠪᠤᠷᠭ ᠠ (Buddhist monument) · sv stupa (Buddhist monument) · lo ທາດ (Buddhist monument) · ru сту́па (Buddhist monument) · my စေတီ (Buddhist monument) · vi chứa hài cốt vị sư (Buddhist monument) · es estupa (Buddhist monument) · hi स्तूप (Buddhist monument)