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語源 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of tope.

発音

• IPA: /ˈstuːpə/
• 韻: -uːpə

名詞

stupa (plural stupas)

1. (Buddhism) A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others, especially dome-shaped monuments in the Indian style.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.

   • 2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 303:

     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.

同意語

• dagoba (Sri Lankan style, archaic)

下位語

• chorten, dagoba (Tibetan style); pagoda (Chinese style)

派生語

参考

• chedi
• pagoda
• wat

語源 2

名詞

stupa (plural stupas)

1. A stupe (medicated cloth or sponge).

アナグラム

• APTUs, Tupas, patus, pusta, sat up, sputa, tapus