उटज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উটজ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬝᬚ (Balinese script)
• উটজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰘𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀝𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဥဋဇ (Burmese script)
• ઉટજ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਟਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌟𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦛꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂗𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಟಜ (Kannada script)
• ឧដជ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຏຊ (Lao script)
• ഉടജ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢞᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘘𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢌᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦸𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐚𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଉଟଜ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢜꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆛𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖘𑖕 (Siddham script)
• උටජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩦𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚔𑚑 (Takri script)
• உடஜ (Tamil script)
• ఉటజ (Telugu script)
• อุฏช (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཊ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒙𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨔𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit उट (uṭa)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Sanskrit जन् (jan)

Sanskrit -ज (-ja)

Sanskrit उटज (uṭaja)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

     [Indra said:] “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.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उटज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उटजः (uṭajaḥ)	उटजौ (uṭajau) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)	उटजाः (uṭajāḥ) उटजासः¹ (uṭajāsaḥ¹)
accusative	उटजम् (uṭajam)	उटजौ (uṭajau) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)	उटजान् (uṭajān)
instrumental	उटजेन (uṭajena)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजैः (uṭajaiḥ) उटजेभिः¹ (uṭajebhiḥ¹)
dative	उटजाय (uṭajāya)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजेभ्यः (uṭajebhyaḥ)
ablative	उटजात् (uṭajāt)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजेभ्यः (uṭajebhyaḥ)
genitive	उटजस्य (uṭajasya)	उटजयोः (uṭajayoḥ)	उटजानाम् (uṭajānām)
locative	उटजे (uṭaje)	उटजयोः (uṭajayoḥ)	उटजेषु (uṭajeṣu)
vocative	उटज (uṭaja)	उटजौ (uṭajau) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)	उटजाः (uṭajāḥ) उटजासः¹ (uṭajāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of उटज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उटजम् (uṭajam)	उटजे (uṭaje)	उटजानि (uṭajāni) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)
accusative	उटजम् (uṭajam)	उटजे (uṭaje)	उटजानि (uṭajāni) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)
instrumental	उटजेन (uṭajena)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजैः (uṭajaiḥ) उटजेभिः¹ (uṭajebhiḥ¹)
dative	उटजाय (uṭajāya)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजेभ्यः (uṭajebhyaḥ)
ablative	उटजात् (uṭajāt)	उटजाभ्याम् (uṭajābhyām)	उटजेभ्यः (uṭajebhyaḥ)
genitive	उटजस्य (uṭajasya)	उटजयोः (uṭajayoḥ)	उटजानाम् (uṭajānām)
locative	उटजे (uṭaje)	उटजयोः (uṭajayoḥ)	उटजेषु (uṭajeṣu)
vocative	उटज (uṭaja)	उटजे (uṭaje)	उटजानि (uṭajāni) उटजा¹ (uṭajā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀉𑀟𑀬 (uḍaya)

Further reading

• 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