اوپر والا
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Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
اوپر (ūpar, “up, above”) + ـوالا (-vālā, “one”), literally “the one above”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /uː.pəɾ ʋɑː.lɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Proper noun[edit]
اُوْپَر والا • (uvpar vālā) m (Hindi spelling ऊपरवाला)
- (figurative) the one upstairs; God, the Supreme Being
Further reading[edit]
- “اوپر والا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “uupar-vaalaa”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “oo'par”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.