उत्तर

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (úttara).

• IPA^(key): /ʊt̪.t̪əɾ/

उत्तर • (uttar) m (Urdu spelling اتر‎)

1. reply, answer

   इस उत्तर ने हमें निराश कर दिया।

   is uttar ne hamẽ nirāś kar diyā.

   This reply disappointed us.

   Synonym: जवाब (javāb)

2. north (cardinal direction)

उत्तर • (uttar) (Urdu spelling اتر‎)

1. north, northern

   वह उत्तर-पूर्व एशिया जाना चाहता है।

   vah uttar-pūrva eśiyā jānā cāhtā hai.

   He wants to go to north-east Asia.

   Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “उत्तर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “उत्तर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (úttara).

उत्तर • (uttar)

1. northern

उत्तर • (uttar) n

1. north

उत्तर • (uttar) m

1. answer, reply

• Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “उत्तर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

उत्तर • (uttar)

1. north

उत्तर • (uttar), pronounced उत्तर् (uttar) or उत्तरा (uttarā) or उतरा (utarā)

1. answer, reply

   उत्तर-कापी  ―  uttara-kāpī  ―  answer-sheet

2. excuse, argument

उत्तर

1. Devanagari script form of uttara

उत्तर n

1. Devanagari script form of uttara

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *úttaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *útˢtaras, from Proto-Indo-European *údteros (“higher; later”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕστερος (hústeros, “latter”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /út̪.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ/, [út̪̚.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ/, [ˈut̪̚.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ]

उत्तर • (úttara)

1. upper, higher, superior

   Antonym: अधर (ádhara)

2. better
3. later, subsequent, following, latter
4. north direction

While using the term in sense of "better", always ablative case is used for the term which is better than something.

उत्तर • (úttara) n

1. "subsequent speech", an answer, reply

• → Hindi: उत्तर (uttar)
• → Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ (uttara)
• → Malay: utara
  • → Indonesian: utara
• → Marathi: उत्तर (uttar)
• → Pali: uttara