Where does “ရုပ်တု” come from?

ရုပ်တု (Burmese) comes from Burmese ရုပ်, from Pali rūpa, from Sanskrit रूप, from Sanskrit रूप् — to form, shape.

ရုပ်တု (Burmese): image, idol, statue, sculpture

Definitions

  1. image, idol, statue, sculpture

Ancestry of “ရုပ်တု”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseရုပ်physical form, material; looks, appearance;...
2Palirūpaform, figure, material form
3Sanskritरूपoutward appearance, color, form, shape; right...
4Sanskritरूप्to form, shape
Every word from Sanskrit रूप् →Every word from Sanskrit रूप →Every word from Pali rūpa →