उपधान
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपधान (upadhā́na).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊp.d̪ʱɑːn/, [ʊp.d̪ʱä̃ːn]
Noun
उपधान • (updhān) m (Urdu spelling اپدهان) (rare, formal)
- a support
- Synonym: सहारा (sahārā)
- a pillow, cushion, that upon which one rests
- affection, kindness
- religious observance or obligation
- poison
- a footstool
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | उपधान updhān |
उपधान updhān |
| oblique | उपधान updhān |
उपधानों updhānõ |
| vocative | उपधान updhān |
उपधानो updhāno |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उपधान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “उपधान”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উপধান (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬧᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- উপধান (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰢𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀧𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဥပဓာန (Burmese script)
- ઉપધાન (Gujarati script)
- ਉਪਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌪𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦥꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂣𑂡𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಪಧಾನ (Kannada script)
- ឧបធាន (Khmer script)
- ອຸປຘານ (Lao script)
- ഉപധാന (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢒᠠᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘢𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢒᠠᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧂𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐥𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଉପଧାନ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢦꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆥𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖢𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- උපධාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩮𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚞𑚜𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- உபத⁴ாந (Tamil script)
- ఉపధాన (Telugu script)
- อุปธาน (Thai script)
- ཨུ་པ་དྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒣𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨜𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From उप- (upa-) + धान (dhāna).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /u.pɐ.dʱɑ́ː.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /u.pɐ.d̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
उपधान • (upadhā́na) stem, n
- the act of placing or resting upon
- that on which one rests, a pillow, cushion
- peculiarity, singularity, excellence
- cover, lid
- religious observance
- affection, kindness
- fetching, procuring
- a jewel case
- poison
- footstool
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उपधानम् (upadhā́nam) | उपधाने (upadhā́ne) | उपधानानि (upadhā́nāni) उपधाना¹ (upadhā́nā¹) |
| accusative | उपधानम् (upadhā́nam) | उपधाने (upadhā́ne) | उपधानानि (upadhā́nāni) उपधाना¹ (upadhā́nā¹) |
| instrumental | उपधानेन (upadhā́nena) | उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām) | उपधानैः (upadhā́naiḥ) उपधानेभिः¹ (upadhā́nebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | उपधानाय (upadhā́nāya) | उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām) | उपधानेभ्यः (upadhā́nebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उपधानात् (upadhā́nāt) | उपधानाभ्याम् (upadhā́nābhyām) | उपधानेभ्यः (upadhā́nebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उपधानस्य (upadhā́nasya) | उपधानयोः (upadhā́nayoḥ) | उपधानानाम् (upadhā́nānām) |
| locative | उपधाने (upadhā́ne) | उपधानयोः (upadhā́nayoḥ) | उपधानेषु (upadhā́neṣu) |
| vocative | उपधान (úpadhāna) | उपधाने (úpadhāne) | उपधानानि (úpadhānāni) उपधाना¹ (úpadhānā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: उपधान (updhān)
- → Odia: ଉପଧାନ (upadhāna)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उपधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 199.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “upadhāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.