اوپر والا

Urdu

Etymology

From اوپر (ūpar, “up, above”) + ـوالا (-vālā, “one”), literally “the one above”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /uː.pəɾ ʋɑː.lɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

اُوْپَر والا • (uvpar vālā) m (Hindi spelling ऊपरवाला)

1. (figurative) the one upstairs; God, the Supreme Being

Further reading

• “اوپر والا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “uupar-vaalaa”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “oo'par”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.