Upreti

Upreti / Uprety
Pronunciation/ʌpˈrɛtiː/ UP-reh-TEE
Hindi pronunciation: [ʊp'reːt̪iː]
Origin
Meaning
  • derived from the village name Upreda or Upretyada, meaning "originated from Upreda"
  • based on claim regarding the word derived from Sanskrit Uparati, meaning "cessation from worldly pleasure".
Region of originPithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, India
Other names
See alsoAcharya, Joshi, Pant, Sharma, Upadhyay

Upreti or Upraiti, sometimes spelled as Uprety. also (ISO: Upretī), is a surname.

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