उटज

From उट (uṭa, “grass, leaves”) +‎ -ज (-ja).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ʈɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʈɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

उटज • (uṭaja) stem, m or n

1. a hut made of leaves (the residence of hermits or saints); a hut

   Synonym: कुटी (kuṭī)

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.22:

     सुश्रोणि परितुष्टो ऽस्मि गमिष्यामि यथागतम् ।
     एवं संगम्य तु तया निश्चक्रामोटजात् ततः ॥

     suśroṇi parituṣṭo ʼsmi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam.
     evaṃ saṃgamya tu tayā niścakrāmoṭajāt tataḥ.

     “O good-hipped one, I'm completely satisfied and I'll go as I came.”
     Thus, having copulated with her, he went out of that hut.

• Prakrit: 𑀉𑀟𑀬 (uḍaya)

• Monier Williams (1899) “उटज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 175, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “uṭaja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uṭaja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 77