उपम
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपम (upamá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊ.pəm/, [ʊ.pɐ̃m]
Adjective
उपम • (upam) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)
Proper noun
उपम • (upam) m
- a male given name, Upam, from Sanskrit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | उपम upam |
उपम upam |
| oblique | उपम upam |
उपमों upamõ |
| vocative | उपम upam |
उपमो upamo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উপম (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬧᬫ (Balinese script)
- উপম (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰢𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀧𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ဥပမ (Burmese script)
- ઉપમ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਪਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌪𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦥꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂣𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಪಮ (Kannada script)
- ឧបម (Khmer script)
- ອຸປມ (Lao script)
- ഉപമ (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢒᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘢𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢒᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧂𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐥𑐩 (Newa script)
- ଉପମ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢦꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆥𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖢𑖦 (Siddham script)
- උපම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚞𑚢 (Takri script)
- உபம (Tamil script)
- ఉపమ (Telugu script)
- อุปม (Thai script)
- ཨུ་པ་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒣𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From उप- (upa-) + -म (-ma).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /u.pɐ.mɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /u.pɐ.mɐ/
Adjective
उ॒प॒म • (upamá) stem
- uppermost, highest
- most excellent, eminent, best
- nearest, next, first
- equal, similar, resembling, like
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उ॒प॒मः (upamáḥ) | उ॒प॒मौ (upamáu) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹) |
उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ) उ॒प॒मासः॑¹ (upamā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | उ॒प॒मम् (upamám) | उ॒प॒मौ (upamáu) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹) |
उ॒प॒मान् (upamā́n) |
| instrumental | उ॒प॒मेन॑ (upaména) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मैः (upamáiḥ) उ॒प॒मेभिः॑¹ (upamébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | उ॒प॒माय॑ (upamā́ya) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उ॒प॒मात् (upamā́t) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उ॒प॒मस्य॑ (upamásya) | उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām) |
| locative | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒मेषु॑ (upaméṣu) |
| vocative | उप॑म (úpama) | उप॑मौ (úpamau) उप॑मा¹ (úpamā¹) |
उप॑माः (úpamāḥ) उप॑मासः¹ (úpamāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उ॒प॒मा (upamā́) | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ) |
| accusative | उ॒प॒माम् (upamā́m) | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒माः (upamā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | उ॒प॒मया॑ (upamáyā) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹) |
उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒माभिः॑ (upamā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | उ॒प॒मायै॑ (upamā́yai) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒माभ्यः॑ (upamā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उ॒प॒मायाः॑ (upamā́yāḥ) उ॒प॒मायै॑² (upamā́yai²) |
उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒माभ्यः॑ (upamā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उ॒प॒मायाः॑ (upamā́yāḥ) उ॒प॒मायै॑² (upamā́yai²) |
उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām) |
| locative | उ॒प॒माया॑म् (upamā́yām) | उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒मासु॑ (upamā́su) |
| vocative | उप॑मे (úpame) | उप॑मे (úpame) | उप॑माः (úpamāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उ॒प॒मम् (upamám) | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒मानि॑ (upamā́ni) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹) |
| accusative | उ॒प॒मम् (upamám) | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒मानि॑ (upamā́ni) उ॒प॒मा¹ (upamā́¹) |
| instrumental | उ॒प॒मेन॑ (upaména) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मैः (upamáiḥ) उ॒प॒मेभिः॑¹ (upamébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | उ॒प॒माय॑ (upamā́ya) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उ॒प॒मात् (upamā́t) | उ॒प॒माभ्या॑म् (upamā́bhyām) | उ॒प॒मेभ्यः॑ (upamébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उ॒प॒मस्य॑ (upamásya) | उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒माना॑म् (upamā́nām) |
| locative | उ॒प॒मे (upamé) | उ॒प॒मयोः॑ (upamáyoḥ) | उ॒प॒मेषु॑ (upaméṣu) |
| vocative | उप॑म (úpama) | उप॑मे (úpame) | उप॑मानि (úpamāni) उप॑मा¹ (úpamā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hindi: उपम (upam) (learned)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “upamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “उपम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 203, column 2.