yukarı

See also: Yukari, yukari, and yūkari

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوقاری (yukarı), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yok- (up, above; hill).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

yukarı

  1. high
  2. upper
  3. top

Declension

Adverb

yukarı

  1. above; upstairs, upwards (direction)
    Synonym: yukarıya
    Antonyms: aşağı, aşağıya

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yukarı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوقاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2216
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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