اوپر

Urdu

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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /uː.pəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: اُو‧پَر

Adverb

اُوپَر • (ūpar) (Hindi spelling ऊपर)

1. on top of, upon

   Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)

2. above
3. preceding (of text)
4. superficially

Further reading

• “اوپر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اوپر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اوپر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press