uttara

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

Pronunciation

Noun

uttara

  1. north

Derived terms

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

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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
Declension table of "uttara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttarouttarā
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttare
Instrumental (third)uttarenauttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃuttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarāuttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarassauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttareuttaresu
Vocative (calling)uttarauttarā
Declension table of "uttarā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttarāuttarāyo or uttarā
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttarāyo or uttarā
Instrumental (third)uttarāyauttarāhi or uttarābhi
Dative (fourth)uttarāyauttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarāyauttarāhi or uttarābhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarāyauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarāya or uttarāyaṃuttarāsu
Vocative (calling)uttareuttarāyo or uttarā
Declension table of "uttara" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttaraṃuttarāni
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttarāni
Instrumental (third)uttarenauttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃuttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarāuttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarassauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttareuttaresu
Vocative (calling)uttarauttarāni

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
Declension table of "uttara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttarouttarā
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttare
Instrumental (third)uttarenauttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃuttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarāuttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarassauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttareuttaresu
Vocative (calling)uttarauttarā
Declension table of "uttarā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttarāuttarāyo or uttarā
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttarāyo or uttarā
Instrumental (third)uttarāyauttarāhi or uttarābhi
Dative (fourth)uttarāyauttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarāyauttarāhi or uttarābhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarāyauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarāya or uttarāyaṃuttarāsu
Vocative (calling)uttareuttarāyo or uttarā
Declension table of "uttara" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)uttaraṃuttarāni
Accusative (second)uttaraṃuttarāni
Instrumental (third)uttarenauttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃuttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarāuttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)uttarassauttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttareuttaresu
Vocative (calling)uttarauttarāni
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “uttara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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