یوقاری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یوقارو (yukaru)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yok-karï (“above, upwards”), a development of *yok (“high, tall, elevated”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰇 (yügerü), Azerbaijani yuxarı, Bashkir юғары (yuğarı), Crimean Tatar yuqarı, Kazakh жоғары (joğary), Kyrgyz жогору (jogoru), Uzbek yuqori and Yakut соҕуруу (soğuruu).

Adverb

یوقاری • (yukarı)

  1. up, upwards, towards a higher position, closer to the sky than the ground
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)
  2. upstairs, up the stairs, on a higher floor, level, or storey of a building
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)
  3. above, higher, physically over, on top of something, or in a higher place
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)

Adjective

یوقاری • (yukarı)

  1. upper, higher, superior, situated on a higher ground, level, rank, or position
    Synonym: اوست (üst)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: yukarı

Further reading

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