उप

See also: उप-

Contents

SanskritEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *úpa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úpa, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, below”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.pɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ú.pɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.pɐ/

AdverbEdit

उप • (úpa)

1. therefore, moreover (RV., AV., ŚBr., PārGṛ.)

PrepositionEdit

उप • (úpa)

1. towards
2. near
3. under, below
4. at
5. on, upon, above
6. up to
7. in
8. at the time of
9. with
10. at the same time as
11. according to

Usage notesEdit

Definitions 1–3 take the accusative, 4–8 take the locative, 9–11 take the instrumental case.

ReferencesEdit

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 0194, 0195