upajjhāya

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀉𑀧𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• उपज्झाय (Devanagari script)
• উপজ্ঝায (Bengali script)
• උපජ‍්ඣාය (Sinhalese script)
• ဥပဇ္ဈာယ or ဥပဇ္ၛာယ or ဢုပၹ္ꧢႃယ or ဢုပၹ်ꧢႃယ (Burmese script)
• อุปชฺฌาย or อุปัชฌายะ (Thai script)
• ᩏᨷᨩ᩠ᨫᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຸປຊ຺ຌາຍ or ອຸປັຊຌາຍະ (Lao script)
• ឧបជ្ឈាយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄪𑄛𑄎𑄴𑄏𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀉𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uajjhāa), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ujjhāa), Prakrit 𑀑𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ŏjjhāa).

Noun

upajjhāya m

1. spiritual teacher, spiritual preceptor

Declension

Declension table of "upajjhāya" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	upajjhāyo	upajjhāyā
Accusative (second)	upajjhāyaṃ	upajjhāye
Instrumental (third)	upajjhāyena	upajjhāyehi or upajjhāyebhi
Dative (fourth)	upajjhāyassa or upajjhāyāya or upajjhāyatthaṃ	upajjhāyānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	upajjhāyasmā or upajjhāyamhā or upajjhāyā	upajjhāyehi or upajjhāyebhi
Genitive (sixth)	upajjhāyassa	upajjhāyānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	upajjhāyasmiṃ or upajjhāyamhi or upajjhāye	upajjhāyesu
Vocative (calling)	upajjhāya	upajjhāyā

Descendants

• → Khmer: ឧបជ្ឈាយ៍ (ʼupacchiə)
• → Thai: อุปัชฌายะ (ù-bpàt-chaa-yá)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “upajjhāya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 141
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upādhyāya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 107