یوقاری

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yokgaru (above, upwards), a derivation from *yok (high, tall, elevated).

Adverb

یوقاری • (yoqarı or yuqarı)

  1. over, above
  2. up, upstairs, above

Adjective

یوقاری • (yoqarı or yuqarı)

  1. superior, greater
  2. upper, higher

Derived terms

  • یوقاری‌لاش (yoqarılaš, sloping upwards)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: يۇقىرى (yuqiri)
  • Uzbek:
    Latin script: yuqori
    Cyrillic script: юқори (yuqori)
    Afghan Uzbek: یُوقارِی (yuqori)

Further reading

  • Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880), “یوقاری”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)[1], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 204
  • Jarring, Gunnar (1964), “یوقاری”, in An Eastern Turki-English Dialect Dictionary[2], C.W.K. Gleerup, page 161

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • یوقارو (yukaru)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yokgaru (above, upwards), a development of *yok (high, tall, elevated).

Adverb

یوقاری • (yukarı)

  1. up, upwards
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)
  2. upstairs
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)
  3. above, higher, physically over
    Antonym: آشاغی (aşağı)

Adjective

یوقاری • (yukarı)

  1. upper, higher, superior
    Synonym: اوست (üst)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Uzbek

Adverb

یُوقارِی (yuqori)

  1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of yuqori (up, above)

Further reading

  • Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “یوقاری”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 809