Where does “توپ” come from?

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

توپ (Urdu): heap; pile; cluster

Definitions

  1. heap; pile; cluster

Ancestry of “توپ”, step by step

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