रूप

See also: रुप, रुपें, and रूप्

Awadhi

Etymology

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

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Bhojpuri

Etymology

Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Noun

रूप (rūp) f (Kaithi 𑂩𑂴𑂣)

1. form
2. shape, appearance

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Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) 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.

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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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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)

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)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬭᬹᬧ (Balinese script)
• ৰূপ (Assamese script)
• রূপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰳𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌰𑍂𑌪 (Grantha script)
• રૂપ (Gujarati script)
• ꦫꦹꦥ (Javanese script)
• រូប (Khmer script)
• ರೂಪ (Kannada script)
• ຣູປ (Lao script)
• 𑘨𑘴𑘢 (Modi script)
• ရူပ (Burmese script)
• 𑐬𑐹𑐥 (Newa script)
• ରୂପ (Oriya script)
• ꢬꢹꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆷𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑗝𑖢 (Siddham script)
• రూప (Telugu script)
• รูป (Thai script)
• རཱུཔ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒴𑒣 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

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

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 Sanskrit वर्पस् (várpas).

Noun

रूप • (rūpá) 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

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀽𑀅 (rūa)
• Pali: rūpa
  • → Burmese: ရူပ (rupa.), ရုပ် (rup)
• → Assamese: ৰূপ (rup)
• → Hindi: रूप (rūp)
• → Kannada: ರೂಪ (rūpa)
• → Khmer: រូប (ruup)
• → Lao: ຮູບ (hūp)
• → Malay: rupa
• → Marathi: रूप (rūp)
• → Punjabi: ਰੂਪ (rūp)
• → Sinhalese: රෑප (rǣpa)
• → 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.