ઉપાડવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Gujarati verb set
ઊપડવું (ūpaḍvũ)
ઉપાડવું (upāḍvũ)

Inherited from Old Gujarati उपाडिवउं (upāḍivaüṃ), ऊपाडिवउं (ūpāḍivaüṃ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-), from Sanskrit ઉત્પાતયતિ (útpātayati).[1]

Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English pick up.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈu.pɑɽ.ʋũ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ઉ‧પાડ‧વું

Verb

ઉપાડવું • (upāṛvũ) (transitive)[2][3][4]

  1. to lift, raise
    Synonyms: ઊચકવું (ūcakvũ), ઉઠાવવું (uṭhāvvũ)
  2. to withdraw (money)
  3. to pick up, answer (a telephone)
    કેમ ફોન ઉપાડતી નથી?
    kěm phŏn upāṛtī nathī?
    Why is she not answering the phone?

Conjugation

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