Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/upári

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *upéri.

Adverb

*upári

above, over

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *upári
- Sanskrit: उपरि (upári)
Iranian: *upári
- Avestan: 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌‎ (upairi)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (upairiy, “prefix and adverb, means "up" or "top" or "upon"”)
  - Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭣𐭬‎ ('pl /abar/, “over, super, on, upon”) (used as prefix or single word)
  - Manichaean Middle Persian: [script needed] ('br /abar/)
    - Persian: ابر‎ (abar, “over-, super-”) (used as prefix), بر‎ (bar, “up, top”) (used as prefix or single word)
- Parthian: [script needed] ('br /abar/)
Nuristani: *wári
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Waigali: vari