uttara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ut.ta.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophone: utara
  • Hyphenation: ut‧ta‧ra

Noun

uttara

  1. north

Derived terms

  • aṅuttara
  • kottara
  • anuttara
  • lokauttara
  • uttarabhādrawadā
  • uttaradeśa
  • uttarakāṇḍa
  • uttaramānawa
  • uttaraphalgunī
  • uttarapūrwa
  • uttarastha
  • uttarasāgara
  • uttarāsaṅga
  • uttarāyaṇa
  • uttarāyaṇadiwasa
  • uttarāṣaḍhā

Descendants

  • Balinese: ᬉᬢ᭄ᬢᬭ (utara, north)

Further reading

  • "uttara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit उत्तर (úttara), from Proto-Indo-European *údteros.

Adjective

uttara

  1. higher, superior
  2. further, subsequent
  3. northern
  4. over, beyond (object is in prior element of a bahuvrihi)
Declension

Noun

uttara n

  1. the north; northern direction
Declension

As the neuter of the adjective, of which it is a standard application.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara). Synchonically, clearly related to the root tar and the verb uttarati (to cross over).

Adjective

uttara

  1. crossing over[1]
  2. to be crossed[1]
Declension
Derived terms

References

  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “uttara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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