Where does “तोप” come from?

तोप (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian توپ, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

तोप (Hindi): cannon, gun; cool person, badass; heap, pile,...

Definitions

  1. cannon, gun; cool person, badass; heap, pile,...

Ancestry of “तोप”, step by step

तोप traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Persian توپ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianتوپ—
2Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
3Old Turkictōp—

via Sanskrit स्तूप

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritस्तूपstupa; heap, mound, relic-shrine, summit

Words derived from “तोप”

Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →Every word from Classical Persian توپ →