uttara

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut.ta.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: utara
• Hyphenation: ut‧ta‧ra

Noun

uttara

1. north

Derived terms

• aṅuttara
• kottara

 

• anuttara
• lokauttara
• uttarabhādrawadā
• uttaradeśa
• uttarakāṇḍa
• uttaramānawa
• uttaraphalgunī
• uttarapūrwa
• uttarastha
• uttarasāgara
• uttarāsaṅga
• uttarāyaṇa
• uttarāyaṇadiwasa
• uttarāṣaḍhā

 

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬉᬢ᭄ᬢᬭ (utara, “north”)

Further reading

• "uttara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• उत्तर (Devanagari script)
• উত্তর (Bengali script)
• උත‍්තර (Sinhalese script)
• ဥတ္တရ or ဢုတ္တရ or ဢုတ်တရ (Burmese script)
• อุตฺตร or อุตตะระ (Thai script)
• ᩏᨲ᩠ᨲᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸຕ຺ຕຣ or ອຸຕຕະຣະ (Lao script)
• ឧត្តរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit उत्तर (úttara), from Proto-Indo-European *údteros.

Adjective

uttara

1. higher, superior
2. further, subsequent
3. northern
4. over, beyond (object is in prior element of a bahuvrihi)

Declension

Declension table of "uttara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttaro	uttarā
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttare
Instrumental (third)	uttarena	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃ	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarā	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarassa	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttare	uttaresu
Vocative (calling)	uttara	uttarā

Declension table of "uttarā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttarā	uttarāyo or uttarā
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttarāyo or uttarā
Instrumental (third)	uttarāya	uttarāhi or uttarābhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarāya	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarāya	uttarāhi or uttarābhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarāya	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarāya or uttarāyaṃ	uttarāsu
Vocative (calling)	uttare	uttarāyo or uttarā

Declension table of "uttara" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttaraṃ	uttarāni
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttarāni
Instrumental (third)	uttarena	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃ	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarā	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarassa	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttare	uttaresu
Vocative (calling)	uttara	uttarāni

Noun

uttara n

1. the north; northern direction

Declension

As the neuter of the adjective, of which it is a standard application.

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဥတ္တရ (utta.ra.) (learned)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara). Synchonically, clearly related to the root tar and the verb uttarati (“to cross over”).

Adjective

uttara

1. crossing over
2. to be crossed

Declension

Declension table of "uttara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttaro	uttarā
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttare
Instrumental (third)	uttarena	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃ	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarā	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarassa	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttare	uttaresu
Vocative (calling)	uttara	uttarā

Declension table of "uttarā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttarā	uttarāyo or uttarā
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttarāyo or uttarā
Instrumental (third)	uttarāya	uttarāhi or uttarābhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarāya	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarāya	uttarāhi or uttarābhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarāya	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarāya or uttarāyaṃ	uttarāsu
Vocative (calling)	uttare	uttarāyo or uttarā

Declension table of "uttara" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	uttaraṃ	uttarāni
Accusative (second)	uttaraṃ	uttarāni
Instrumental (third)	uttarena	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Dative (fourth)	uttarassa or uttarāya or uttaratthaṃ	uttarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	uttarasmā or uttaramhā or uttarā	uttarehi or uttarebhi
Genitive (sixth)	uttarassa	uttarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	uttarasmiṃ or uttaramhi or uttare	uttaresu
Vocative (calling)	uttara	uttarāni

Derived terms

• uttarasetu

Related terms

• uttarati
• uttaraṇa