ऊपर

Hindi

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. Cognate with Assamese ওপৰ (üpor).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /uː.pəɾ/, [uː.pɐɾ]

Adverb

ऊपर • (ūpar) (Urdu spelling اوپر)

  1. on top of, upon
    Antonym: नीचे (nīce)
  2. above
  3. preceding (of text)
  4. superficially

Derived terms

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऊपर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ऊपर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “ऊपर”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ऊपर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uppari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ऊपर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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