Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    Inherited 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), German über, 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)
    • Punjabi: ਉੱਪਰ (uppar)
    • Romani: opre
    • Malayalam: ഉപരി (upari) (learned)

    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