stupa
/ˈstuːpə/
stupa noun: a Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
Noun (1)
stupa (plural stupas)
- A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
- He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun
- 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
- Synonyms:
- dagoba
Noun (2)
stupa (plural stupas)
- A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).
stupa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
stupa in Hindi
- Buddhist monument
- स्तूप stūp
stupa in Tamil
- Buddhist monument
- தூபி tūpi, தாது கோபுரம் tātu kōpuram
stupa in Urdu
- a stupa
- اسٹوپا istūpā
stupa in Bengali
- stupa
- স্তূপ stup
More languagesFewer languages
- stupa in Telugu
- స్తూపము stūpamu
- stupa in Malayalam
- സ്തൂപം stūpaṁ
- stupa in Gujarati
- સ્તૂપ stūp
- stupa in Sanskrit
- स्तूप stūpa
- stupa in Sinhala
- ස්තූපය stūpaya
- stupa in Nepali
- स्तूप stūp
- stupa in Arabic
- سْتُوبَا stūbā
- stupa in Thai
- เจดีย์ jee-dii, สถูป sà-tùup, ธาตุ tâat
- stupa in Vietnamese
- tháp, chứa hài cốt vị sư
- stupa in Myanmar
- ဘုရား bhu.ra:, ထူပါ htupa, စေတီ ceti
Synonyms of stupa
Forms of stupa
| plural | stupas |
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Origin of stupa
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.
Words formed from stupa
Words that rhyme with stupa
Questions about stupa
- What does stupa mean?
- Stupa means a Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
- What is stupa in Hindi?
- Stupa in Hindi is स्तूप (stūp). See Stupa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stupa?
- Stupa is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stupa?
- Stupa is pronounced /ˈstuːpə/.
- What is the plural of stupa?
- The plural of stupa is stupas.
Words near stupa in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stupa (page history and authors); اسٹوپا (Urdu) (page history and authors); স্তূপ (Bengali) (page history and authors); స్తూపము (Telugu) (page history and authors); સ્તૂપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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