# उपाध्याय
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʊ.pɑːd̪ʱ.jɑːj/, [ʊ.päːd̪ʱ.jäːj]

### Noun

उपाध्याय • (upādhyāy) m
* teacher, guru
* (Jainism, Buddhism) upadhyaya (one of the five types of revered people in Jainism)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* উপাধ্যায় (Assamese script)
* ᬉᬧᬵᬥ᭄ᬬᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
* উপাধ্যায় (Bengali script)
* 𑰄𑰢𑰯𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀉𑀧𑀸𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဥပါဓျာယ (Burmese script)
* ઉપાધ્યાય (Gujarati script)
* ਉਪਾਧ੍ਯਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌉𑌪𑌾𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦥꦴꦣꦾꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂇𑂣𑂰𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ (Kannada script)
* ឧបាធ្យាយ (Khmer script)
* ອຸປາຘ຺ຍາຍ (Lao script)
* ഉപാധ്യായ (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘄𑘢𑘰𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠤᢒᠠᢗᢑᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦤𑧂𑧑𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐄𑐥𑐵𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଉପାଧ୍ଯାଯ (Odia script)
* ꢆꢦꢵꢤ꣄ꢫꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆇𑆥𑆳𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖄𑖢𑖯𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
* උපාධ්‍යාය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩛𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚄𑚞𑚭𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
* உபாத்⁴யாய (Tamil script)
* ఉపాధ్యాయ (Telugu script)
* อุปาธฺยาย (Thai script)
* ཨུ་པཱ་དྷྱཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒅𑒣𑒰𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨊𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /u.pɑːdʱ.jɑː.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /u.pɑːd̪ʱˈjɑː.jɐ/

### Noun

उपाध्याय • (upādhyāya) stem, m
* teacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor

#### Descendants

* Assamese: ওজা (üza)
* Bengali: ওঝা (ōjha)
* Kumaoni: ojho
* Old Marathi: ऊवजा (ūvajā)
* Odia: ଓଝା (ojhā)
* Pali: upajjhāya
** → Khmer: ឧបជ្ឈាយ៍ (ʼupacchiə)
** → Sinhalese: උපා ධ්‍යායයා (upā dhyāyayā)
** → Thai: อุปัชฌายะ (ù-bpàt-chaa-yá), อุปัชฌาย์ (ù-bpàt-chaa)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀑𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ojhāa), 𑀉𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uajjhāa), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ujjhāa)
** Hindi: ओझा (ojhā)
** → Middle Chinese: 和尚 (ɦuɑ d͡ʑɨɐŋ$^H$)
** → Hindi: उपाध्याय (upādhyāy)
* → Assamese: উপাধ্যায় (upadhyay)
* → Bengali: উপাধ্যায় (upaddhaẏ)
* → Malayalam: ഉപാധ്യായൻ (upādhyāyaṉ), വാധ്യാൻ (vādhyāṉ), വാദ്ധ്യായൻ (vāddhyāyaṉ)
* → Old Marathi: उपाध्या (upādhyā)
** Marathi: उपाध्या (upādhyā)
* → Marathi: उपाध्याय (upādhyāy)
* → Classical Persian: خْوَاجَه (xwāja) (via some Prakrit intermediary) (see there for further descendants)
* → Punjabi: ਓਝਾ (ojjhā)
* → Sindhi: واڍو (vāḍho)
* → Tamil: உவாத்தி (uvātti), உபாத்தி (upātti), வாத்தியாயர் (vāttiyāyar), ஓச்சன் (ōccaṉ), வாத்தியார் (vāttiyār)
* → Telugu: ఉపాధ్యాయుడు (upādhyāyuḍu), ఒజ్జే (ojjē), ఓజ (ōja), ఓజు (ōju)
* → Tibetan: མཁན་པོ (mkhan po) (calque) (see there for further 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