اوپر

Urdu

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Apabhramsa 𑆇𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆫𑆴 (uppari)

Urdu اوپر

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑆇𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆫𑆴 (uppari).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

اُوپَر • (ūpar) (Hindi spelling ऊपर)

1. on top

   Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)

   چَھت کے اُوپَر ― chat ke ūpar ― on/upon/on top of the roof

2. above

   Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)

3. up

   Antonym: نِیچے (nīce)

4. preceding (of text)
5. superficially

Derived terms

• کے اُوپَر (ke ūpar)

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, 2025.
• 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