üst

Meaning

Noun

1. something's face or side looking upwards or towards the sky
2. (informal) excess money, change
3. the uppermost or the highest point of something
4. any garment or dress worn on the torso
5. a person who is higher by rank or degree
6. the upper part of the body, the torso
7. (figuratively,rare) the sky, heaven, above

Adj

1. something upper compared to something else, upper
2. something of higher degree in classifying systems or in hierarchies compared to something else

Pronounced as (IPA)

/yst/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوست (üst), from Proto-Turkic *üŕ-t (“on top, high above”), derivative of *ǖŕ. Cognate with üzeri.