रूप

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːp/

Noun

रूप • (rūp) m (Urdu spelling روپ)

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

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.

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Sanskrit

Noun

रूप (rūpa) n

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

Descendants

• Punjabi: ਰੂਪ
• Thai: รูป
• Urdu: روپ (rūp)

References

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