As a Hindi name
सूप · noun · masculine
मूँग, मसूर, अरहर आदि की पकी हुई दाल · दाल का जूस । रसा · रसे की तरकारी आदि मसालेदार व्यंजन — Śabdasāgara
सूप · noun · masculine
अनाज फटकने का बना हुआ पात्र । सरई या सींक का छाज — Śabdasāgara
सूप · sūp · s.m.
A kind of winnowing basket, a kind of wicker receptacle which, when shaken about, serves as a fan for winnowing; a wooden scoop (suspended in a frame) for throwing up water for irrigation — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 693
सूप · sūp · s.m.
Soup, broth; split pease; sauce, condiment; a cook — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 693
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sauce, soup, broth (esp. prepared from split or ground pease &c. with roots and salt), &c.
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sūpa m. (of doubtful derivation, cf. sūda; in Uṇ. iii, 26 said to be fr. √ 3. su, ‘to distil’) sauce, soup, broth (esp. prepared from split or ground pease &c. with roots and salt), MBh.; R.; Suśr. &c.
a cook, L. (f(ī). g. gaurādi)
a vessel, pot, pan, L.
an arrow, L.
sūpa m. (-paḥ) 1 Sauce, condiment. 2 Soup, broth. 3 A cook. 4 A vessel. 5 An arrow. E. ṣu to bear, pa Uṇādi aff., and the vowel made long.
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