Etymology

gopuram

G2O1P3U1R1A1M3

Today it means: A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India. Full definition →

Tamil கோபுரம் ← Malayalam ഗോപുരം ← Sanskrit गोपुर
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromगोपुर
  2. Malayalam · borrowed fromഗോപുരം
  3. Tamil · borrowed fromகோபுரம்
  4. English todaygopuram

From Tamil கோபுரம் (kōpuram), Malayalam ഗോപുരം (gōpuraṁ), from Sanskrit गोपुर (gó-pura).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.