उपमा

Pali

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Noun

उपमा f

  1. Devanagari script form of upamā

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Noun

उपमा • (upamā) stem, f

  1. similarity, resemblance
  2. simile, comparison

Descendants

  • Kannada: ಉಪಮೆ (upame)
  • Malayalam: ഉപമ (upama)
  • Pali: upamā
    • Burmese: ဥပမာ (u.pa.ma)
    • Lao: ອຸບປະມາ (ʼup pa mā)
      • Lao: ອຸບປະມານ (ʼup pa mān)
      • Lao: ອຸບປະໄມ (ʼup pa mai)
    • Khmer: ឧបមេយ្យ (ʼŏbâméyy)
      • Khmer: ឧបមៃយ (ʼŏbâmeyyô)
    • Malay: umpama
    • Mon: ဥပမာ
    • Thai: อุปมา (ùp-bpà-maa)
    • Thai: อุปไมย (ùp-bpà-mai)
  • Tamil: உவமை (uvamai)
  • Telugu: ఉపమానం (upamānaṁ)

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “upamā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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