उपम

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपम (upamá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.pəm/, [ʊ.pɐ̃m]

Adjective

उपम • (upam) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)

1. equal, similar, resembling, like
2. uppermost, highest, best

Proper noun

उपम • (upam) m

1. a male given name, Upam, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of उपम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उपम upam	उपम upam
oblique	उपम upam	उपमों upamõ
vocative	उपम upam	उपमो upamo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উপম (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬧᬫ (Balinese script)
• উপম (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဥပမ (Burmese script)
• ઉપમ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦥꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂣𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಪಮ (Kannada script)
• ឧបម (Khmer script)
• ອຸປມ (Lao script)
• ഉപമ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଉପମ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢦꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖦 (Siddham script)
• උපම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚞𑚢 (Takri script)
• உபம (Tamil script)
• ఉపమ (Telugu script)
• อุปม (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उप- (upa-) +‎ -म (-ma).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.mɐ/

Adjective

उ॒प॒म • (upamá) stem

1. uppermost, highest
2. most excellent, eminent, best
3. nearest, next, first
4. equal, similar, resembling, like

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उ॒प॒म

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उ॒प॒मः (upamáḥ)	उ॒प॒मौ (upamáu) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹)	उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ) उ॒प॒मासः॑¹ (upamā́saḥ¹)
accusative	उ॒प॒मम् (upamám)	उ॒प॒मौ (upamáu) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹)	उ॒प॒मान् (upamā́n)
instrumental	उ॒प॒मेन॑ (upaména)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मैः (upamáiḥ) उ॒प॒मेभिः॑¹ (upamébhiḥ¹)
dative	उ॒प॒माय॑ (upamā́ya)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ)
ablative	उ॒प॒मात् (upamā́t)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ)
genitive	उ॒प॒मस्य॑ (upamásya)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām)
locative	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒मेषु॑ (upaméṣu)
vocative	उप॑म (úpama)	उप॑मौ (úpamau) उप॑मा¹ (úpamā¹)	उप॑माः (úpamāḥ) उप॑मासः¹ (úpamāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of उ॒प॒मा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उ॒प॒मा (upamā́)	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ)
accusative	उ॒प॒माम् (upamā́m)	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ)
instrumental	उ॒प॒मया॑ (upamáyā) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒माभिः॑ (upamā́bhiḥ)
dative	उ॒प॒मायै॑ (upamā́yai)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒माभ्यः॑ (upamā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	उ॒प॒मायाः॑ (upamā́yāḥ) उ॒प॒मायै॑² (upamā́yai²)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒माभ्यः॑ (upamā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	उ॒प॒मायाः॑ (upamā́yāḥ) उ॒प॒मायै॑² (upamā́yai²)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām)
locative	उ॒प॒माया॑म् (upamā́yām)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒मासु॑ (upamā́su)
vocative	उप॑मे (úpame)	उप॑मे (úpame)	उप॑माः (úpamāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of उ॒प॒म

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उ॒प॒मम् (upamám)	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒मानि॑ (upamā́ni) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹)
accusative	उ॒प॒मम् (upamám)	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒मानि॑ (upamā́ni) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹)
instrumental	उ॒प॒मेन॑ (upaména)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मैः (upamáiḥ) उ॒प॒मेभिः॑¹ (upamébhiḥ¹)
dative	उ॒प॒माय॑ (upamā́ya)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ)
ablative	उ॒प॒मात् (upamā́t)	उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām)	उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ)
genitive	उ॒प॒मस्य॑ (upamásya)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām)
locative	उ॒प॒मे (upamé)	उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ)	उ॒प॒मेषु॑ (upaméṣu)
vocative	उप॑म (úpama)	उप॑मे (úpame)	उप॑मानि (úpamāni) उप॑मा¹ (úpamā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अनुपम (anupama)
• नेत्रोपम (netropama)

Descendants

• → Hindi: उपम (upam) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “उपम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 203, column 2.