# रूप
## Awadhi
### Etymology

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

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /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
### 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: /ɾup/, [ɾuːp]

### Noun

रूप • (rūp) n
* appearance, visage
* form, shape
    Synonyms: आकार (ākār), स्वरूप (svarūp)
* mode, manner, method
* (figuratively) attractive, good looks

#### Declension
### 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: [rup]
* Phonetic Devanagari: रुप्

### Noun

रूप • (rūp)
* appearance, form, shape
* beauty
* position, situation
* syndrome, symptom

## Pali
### 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)
* 𑄢𑄫𑄛 (Chakma script)

### Noun

रूप n
* Devanagari script form of rūpa

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* 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 Persian روان (ravân, “soul”). Not related to वर्पस् (várpas).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

रूप • (rūpá) stem, n
* outward appearance, color, form, shape
* right form i.e. beauty
* nature, character, mark, peculiarity
* circumstances
* drama, play

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 455f.

### Further reading

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