उप-
See also: उप
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उप- (upa-).
Prefix
उप- • (up-)
- subordinate
- lesser, vice-
- उप- (up-) + राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapti, “president”) → उपराष्ट्रपति (uprāṣṭrapti, “vice president”)
Derived terms
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উপ- (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬧ- (Balinese script)
- উপ- (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰢- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀧- (Brahmi script)
- ဥပ- (Burmese script)
- ઉપ- (Gujarati script)
- ਉਪ- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌪- (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦥ- (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂣- (Kaithi script)
- ಉಪ- (Kannada script)
- ឧប- (Khmer script)
- ອຸປ- (Lao script)
- ഉപ- (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢒᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘢- (Modi script)
- ᠤᢒᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧂- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐥- (Newa script)
- ଉପ- (Odia script)
- ꢆꢦ- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆥- (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖢- (Siddham script)
- උප- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩰- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚞- (Takri script)
- உப- (Tamil script)
- ఉప- (Telugu script)
- อุป- (Thai script)
- ཨུ་པ- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒣- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨞- (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *upa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upa-, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, below”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /u.pɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /u.pɐ/
Prefix
उप- • (upa-)
Usage notes
Definitions 4–7 used exclusively with nouns.
Occasionally used with an implied verb, or placed after the verb rather than prefixing it.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उप-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0194, 0195.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 218-219