Where does “タルパ” come from?

タルパ (Japanese) comes from English tulpa, from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ, from Tibetan པ — a nominalization suffix.

タルパ (Japanese): tulpa a modern type of imaginary friend

Definitions

  1. tulpa a modern type of imaginary friend

Ancestry of “タルパ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtulpaA magical creature that attains corporeal...
2Tibetanསྤྲུལ་པmagical creation, emanation, apparition,...
3Tibetanཔa nominalization suffix
Every word from Tibetan པ →Every word from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ →Every word from English tulpa →