उपरि

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Latin super, Albanian epër, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Old English ofer (whence English over).

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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उपरि (upári)

  1. over
    अवयः द्यवि उपरि पतन्ति।ávayaḥ dyávi upári pátanti.Birds fly over the sky.
  2. above
  3. beyond

Derived terms

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  • उपल (upala, gem, stone) (from the sense “upper millstone”)

Descendants

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  • Assamese: ওপৰ (üpor)
  • Bengali: উপর (upor)
  • Hindi: ऊपर (ūpar)
  • Odia: ଉପର (upara)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “उपरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 205/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 221