উপ-
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Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit उप- (upa-), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, below”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]উপ- • (upo-)
- under, below, subordinate, deputy; sub-, under-, vice-
- উপ- (up-) + জেলা (jela, “district”) → উপজেলা (upojela, “subdistrict, upazila”)
- উপ- (up-) + পরিচালক (poricalok, “director”) → উপপরিচালক (upoporicalok, “vice-director”)
- lesser, near, like, proximate
Usage notes
[edit]Definitions 4–7 are used exclusively with nouns.
Occasionally used with an implied verb, or placed after the verb rather than prefixing it.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “উপ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0194, 0195.