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uttaresu

uttara

masc loc pl of uttara (adj); nt loc pl of uttara (adj); nt loc pl of uttara (noun); masc loc pl of uttara (noun)

1. crossing over; going over; lit. crossing up
2. name of a young Brahman; lit. higher
3. higher (than); superior (to)
4. northern; north; lit. higher
5. north; lit. higher
6. upper robe; lit. higher
7. name of a deity; lit. higher
8. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. higher
9. …

Built from

• ut — prefix · up, out
  Spatial direction marking upward and outward motion; produces the sense of transcendence or superiority when affixed to roots of position or quality.
• tara — ending · more, comparative suffix
  Comparative suffix forming the superlative sense 'more' from an adjectival root; -tara in Pali builds comparative and superlative adjectives and can also function as a noun marker for the concept of going/crossing (whence uttara as 'crossing over').

Etymology. ut + tara: ut- (up, out) + comparative suffix -tara (more). The root sense is 'up-and-out', giving 'higher', 'superior', 'beyond'. Related to Sanskrit uttara and Indo-European *ud- (English out, German aus). The comparative -tara appears in Sanskrit -tara (as in uttara itself) and distantly in English -ter (in comparative formations); it means 'more of this quality'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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