नीचे-ऊपर nīchē-ūpar

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adv.

Earlier definition

Definition

Up and down.
One above and the other below.
Upside-down, topsy-turvy.

Usual translation

fluctuation

Origin of the definition

H نيچا नीचा nīćā [Prk. नीचओ; S. नीच+कः], adj. (f. -ī), Low (in situation or position); depressed, &c. (i.q. nīć, q.v.). nīće (obl. of nīćā; Prk. nīće; S. nīće), postp. & adv. Below, under, beneath, at the bottom (of, -ke); down, below. nīće-ūpar, adv. Up and down; — one above and the other below; — upside-down, topsy-turvy.

ऊपर ūpar (hindi)

On, upon, above, upward, over.