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): /ˈu.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 (uṭaja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उटजः uṭajaḥ	उटजौ / उटजा¹ uṭajau / uṭajā¹	उटजाः / उटजासः¹ uṭajāḥ / uṭajāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उटज uṭaja	उटजौ / उटजा¹ uṭajau / uṭajā¹	उटजाः / उटजासः¹ uṭajāḥ / uṭajāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उटजम् uṭajam	उटजौ / उटजा¹ uṭajau / uṭajā¹	उटजान् uṭajān
Instrumental	उटजेन uṭajena	उटजाभ्याम् uṭajābhyām	उटजैः / उटजेभिः¹ uṭajaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of उटज (uṭaja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उटजम् uṭajam	उटजे uṭaje	उटजानि / उटजा¹ uṭajāni / uṭajā¹
Vocative	उटज uṭaja	उटजे uṭaje	उटजानि / उटजा¹ uṭajāni / uṭajā¹
Accusative	उटजम् uṭajam	उटजे uṭaje	उटजानि / उटजा¹ uṭajāni / uṭajā¹
Instrumental	उटजेन uṭajena	उटजाभ्याम् uṭajābhyām	उटजैः / उटजेभिः¹ uṭajaiḥ / 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
Notes	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 (2010-2024) “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