उपाध्याय

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of ओझा (ojhā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊ.pɑːd̪ʱ.jɑːj/,

Noun

उपाध्याय • (upādhyāy) m

  1. teacher, guru
  2. (Jainism, Buddhism) upadhyaya (one of the five types of revered people in Jainism)

Declension

Declension of उपाध्याय (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct उपाध्याय
upādhyāy 		उपाध्याय
upādhyāy
oblique उपाध्याय
upādhyāy 		उपाध्यायों
upādhyāyõ
vocative उपाध्याय
upādhyāy 		उपाध्यायो
upādhyāyo

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From उप (upa) +‎ अध्याय (adhyāya), itself from अधि- (adhi-) +‎ इ (i).

Pronunciation

Noun

उपाध्याय • (upādhyāya) stem, m

  1. teacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उपाध्याय (upādhyāya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative उपाध्यायः
upādhyāyaḥ 		उपाध्यायौ / उपाध्याया¹
upādhyāyau / upādhyāyā¹ 		उपाध्यायाः / उपाध्यायासः¹
upādhyāyāḥ / upādhyāyāsaḥ¹
Vocative उपाध्याय
upādhyāya 		उपाध्यायौ / उपाध्याया¹
upādhyāyau / upādhyāyā¹ 		उपाध्यायाः / उपाध्यायासः¹
upādhyāyāḥ / upādhyāyāsaḥ¹
Accusative उपाध्यायम्
upādhyāyam 		उपाध्यायौ / उपाध्याया¹
upādhyāyau / upādhyāyā¹ 		उपाध्यायान्
upādhyāyān
Instrumental उपाध्यायेन
upādhyāyena 		उपाध्यायाभ्याम्
upādhyāyābhyām 		उपाध्यायैः / उपाध्यायेभिः¹
upādhyāyaiḥ / upādhyāyebhiḥ¹
Dative उपाध्यायाय
upādhyāyāya 		उपाध्यायाभ्याम्
upādhyāyābhyām 		उपाध्यायेभ्यः
upādhyāyebhyaḥ
Ablative उपाध्यायात्
upādhyāyāt 		उपाध्यायाभ्याम्
upādhyāyābhyām 		उपाध्यायेभ्यः
upādhyāyebhyaḥ
Genitive उपाध्यायस्य
upādhyāyasya 		उपाध्याययोः
upādhyāyayoḥ 		उपाध्यायानाम्
upādhyāyānām
Locative उपाध्याये
upādhyāye 		उपाध्याययोः
upādhyāyayoḥ 		उपाध्यायेषु
upādhyāyeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “उपाध्याय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0213.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उपाध्याय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “उपाध्याय”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • “उपाध्याय” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 092.
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 160
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