اوپر

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa उप्परि (uppari), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭𑀺 (uppari), from Sanskrit उपरि (upári) in analogy with उत्तर (uttara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upéri.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /uː.pəɾ/
  • Rhymes: -əɾ
  • Hyphenation: اُو‧پَر

Adverb

اُوپَر • (ūpar) (Hindi spelling ऊपर)

  1. on top
    Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)
    چَھت کے اُوپَر ― chat ke ūpar ― on/upon/on top of the roof
  2. above
    Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)
  3. up
    Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)
  4. preceding (of text)
  5. superficially

Derived terms
  • کے اُوپَر (ke ūpar)

Further reading
  • “اوپر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اوپر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اوپر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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