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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/,
Adverb
ऊपर • (ūpar) (Urdu spelling اوپر)
- on top of, upon
- Antonym: नीचे (nīce)
- above
- preceding (of text)
- 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 : 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