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uttari

masc nom sg of uttari (adj); fem nom sg of uttari (adj); nt nom sg of uttari (adj); nt acc sg of uttari (adj); …

1. superior; supreme; better; higher
2. more; moreover; further (than); beyond
3. furthermore; what is more; moreover
4. (of water) emerged; came out; lit. crossed up
5. got out; escaped; went beyond; lit. crossed up

Built from

• ut — prefix · out, up
  Upward and outward motion. Cognates: English out, German aus.
• tari — ending · more, comparative
  Comparative suffix forming the positive degree of comparison.

Analysis. ut + tari: ut (out, up) + comparative suffix -tari, thus 'farther out/up', hence higher, beyond.

Etymology. From ut (out, upward) + comparative -tari. The prefix ut- (cognate with English out, German aus) carries the concrete sense of upward and outward motion; the comparative suffix -tari marks the degree. The spatial image of 'going up and out' grounds the abstract meanings 'superior' and 'beyond'.

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

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