उपरि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • উপৰি (Assamese script)
  • ᬉᬧᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
  • উপরি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰄𑰢𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀉𑀧𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • ဥပရိ (Burmese script)
  • ઉપરિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਉਪਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌉𑌪𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦈꦥꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂇𑂣𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಉಪರಿ (Kannada script)
  • ឧបរិ (Khmer script)
  • ອຸປຣິ (Lao script)
  • ഉപരി (Malayalam script)
  • ᡠᢒᠠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘄𑘢𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠤᢒᠠᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦤𑧂𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐄𑐥𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଉପରି (Odia script)
  • ꢆꢦꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆇𑆥𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖄𑖢𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • උපරි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚄𑚞𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
  • உபரி (Tamil script)
  • ఉపరి (Telugu script)
  • อุปริ (Thai script)
  • ཨུ་པ་རི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒅𑒣𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Latin super, Albanian epër, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Old English ofer (whence English over).

Pronunciation

Postposition

उपरि • (upári)

  1. over
    अवयः द्यवि उपरि पतन्ति। ― ávayaḥ dyávi upári pátanti. ― Birds fly over the sky.
  2. above
  3. beyond

Derived terms
  • उपल (upala, “gem, stone”) (from the sense “upper millstone”)

Descendants
  • Assamese: ওপৰ (üpor)
  • Hindi: ऊपर (ūpar)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “उपरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 205/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 221
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