रूप

See also: रुप, रुपें, and रूप्

Awadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रूप्य (rūpya).

Noun

रूप (rūp) m

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)

form
shape, appearance

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रू॒प (rūpá).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾuːp/

Noun

रूप • (rūp) m (Urdu spelling روپ)

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.
face, countenance, aspect, features
colour
beautiful appearance
handsome form or figure, shapeliness, beauty, elegance, grace
natural state or condition, case
natural disposition, nature, character
feature, sign, symptom
kind, sort, species
mode, manner, method
(arithmetic) discrete quantity, the number one, arithmetical unit; integer number
(poetic) a symbolical expression for one
the known or absolute number, known quantity
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 𑘨𑘳𑘢 (rupa), from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾup/, [ɾuːp]

Noun

रूप • (rūp) n

appearance, visage
form, shape
Synonyms: आकार (ākār), स्वरूप (svarūp)
mode, manner, method
(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-
accusative / 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	oblique सामान्यरूप
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)

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 or ᩁᩪᨸ (Tai Tham script)
ຣູປ or ຣູປະ (Lao script)
រូប (Khmer script)
𑄢𑄫𑄛 (Chakma script)

Noun

रूप n

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 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 Classical Persian (rawān, “soul”). Not related to वर्पस् (várpas).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

रू॒प • (rūpá) stem, n

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रू॒प
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रू॒पम् (rūpám)	रू॒पे (rūpé)	रू॒पाणि॑ (rūpā́ṇi) रू॒पा¹ (rūpā́¹)
accusative	रू॒पम् (rūpám)	रू॒पे (rūpé)	रू॒पाणि॑ (rūpā́ṇi) रू॒पा¹ (rūpā́¹)
instrumental	रू॒पेण॑ (rūpéṇa)	रू॒पाभ्या॑म् (rūpā́bhyām)	रू॒पैः (rūpáiḥ) रू॒पेभिः॑¹ (rūpébhiḥ¹)
dative	रू॒पाय॑ (rūpā́ya)	रू॒पाभ्या॑म् (rūpā́bhyām)	रू॒पेभ्यः॑ (rūpébhyaḥ)
ablative	रू॒पात् (rūpā́t)	रू॒पाभ्या॑म् (rūpā́bhyām)	रू॒पेभ्यः॑ (rūpébhyaḥ)
genitive	रू॒पस्य॑ (rūpásya)	रू॒पयोः॑ (rūpáyoḥ)	रू॒पाणा॑म् (rūpā́ṇām)
locative	रू॒पे (rūpé)	रू॒पयोः॑ (rūpáyoḥ)	रू॒पेषु॑ (rūpéṣu)
vocative	रूप॑ (rū́pa)	रूपे॑ (rū́pe)	रूपा॑णि (rū́pāṇi) रूपा॑¹ (rū́pā¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

अग्निरूप (agnirūpa)
अनुरूप (anurūpa)
अरूप (arūpa)
गर्भरूप (garbharūpa)
गोरूप (gorūpa)
देवरूप (devarūpa)
पशुरूप (paśurūpa)
प्रतिरूप (pratirūpa)
बहुरूप (bahurūpa)
-रूप (-rūpa)
रूपक (rūpaka)
रूपवत् (rūpavat)
रूप्य (rūpya)
वत्सरूप (vatsarūpa)
विरूप (virūpa)
सरूप (sarūpa)
सुरूप (surūpa)
स्वरूप (svarūpa)

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)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “rūpá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 455f.

Awadhi

Etymology

Noun

References

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Noun

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Marathi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Nepali

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Further reading