उत्पल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्पल (utpala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊt̪.pəl/, [ʊt̪.pɐl]

Noun

उत्पल • (utpal) m

1. blue lotus

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कमल

Declension

Declension of उत्पल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उत्पल utpal	उत्पल utpal
oblique	उत्पल utpal	उत्पलों utpalõ
vocative	उत्पल utpal	उत्पलो utpalo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “उत्पल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 571
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “उत्पल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 88
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “उत्पल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 121

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उत्पला (utpalā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উত্পল (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬢ᭄ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
• উত্পল (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰝𑰿𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဥတ္ပလ (Burmese script)
• ઉત્પલ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਤ੍ਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦠ꧀ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂞𑂹𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಉತ್ಪಲ (Kannada script)
• ឧត្បល (Khmer script)
• ອຸຕ຺ປລ (Lao script)
• ഉത്പല (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢠᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘝𑘿𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢐᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦽𑧠𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐟𑑂𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଉତ୍ପଲ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢡ꣄ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆠𑇀𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖝𑖿𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
• උත‍්පල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚙𑚶𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
• உத்பல (Tamil script)
• ఉత్పల (Telugu script)
• อุตฺปล (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཏྤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उत्- (ut-) +‎ पल् (pal, variant of पट् (paṭ, “to burst open”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.pɐ.lɐ/, [ut̚.pɐ.lɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ut̪.pɐ.l̪ɐ/, [ut̪̚.pɐ.l̪ɐ]

Noun

उत्पल • (utpala) stem, n

1. the blossom of the blue lotus
2. a water lily
3. a flower
4. a particular hell

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of उत्पल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उत्पलम् (utpalam)	उत्पले (utpale)	उत्पलानि (utpalāni) उत्पला¹ (utpalā¹)
accusative	उत्पलम् (utpalam)	उत्पले (utpale)	उत्पलानि (utpalāni) उत्पला¹ (utpalā¹)
instrumental	उत्पलेन (utpalena)	उत्पलाभ्याम् (utpalābhyām)	उत्पलैः (utpalaiḥ) उत्पलेभिः¹ (utpalebhiḥ¹)
dative	उत्पलाय (utpalāya)	उत्पलाभ्याम् (utpalābhyām)	उत्पलेभ्यः (utpalebhyaḥ)
ablative	उत्पलात् (utpalāt)	उत्पलाभ्याम् (utpalābhyām)	उत्पलेभ्यः (utpalebhyaḥ)
genitive	उत्पलस्य (utpalasya)	उत्पलयोः (utpalayoḥ)	उत्पलानाम् (utpalānām)
locative	उत्पले (utpale)	उत्पलयोः (utpalayoḥ)	उत्पलेषु (utpaleṣu)
vocative	उत्पल (utpala)	उत्पले (utpale)	उत्पलानि (utpalāni) उत्पला¹ (utpalā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उत्पलदृश् (utpaladṛś), उत्पलाभ (utpalābha, “lotuslike”)
• उत्पलपत्त्र (utpalapattra, “the leaf of a Nymphaea”)
• उत्पलमाला (utpalamālā, “a wreath of lotus-flowers”)
• उत्पलवन (utpalavana, “a group of lotuses”)
• उत्पलसारिवा (utpalasārivā), उत्पलगोपा (utpalagopā, “Ichnocarpus frutescens”)
• उत्पलाक्ष (utpalākṣa, “lotus-eyed”)
• उत्पली (utpalī)
• नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali, syn. Nymphaea cyanea)”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: [script needed] (upula), [script needed] (ipul)
• Pali: uppala
  • → Thai: อุบล (ù-bon)
• → Bengali: উৎপল (utpol)
• → Hindi: उत्पल (utpal)
• → Santali: ᱩᱯᱟᱹᱞ (upăl) (via some Middle Indo-Aryan descendant)
• → Telugu: ఉత్పలము (utpalamu)
• → Tocharian B: upāl
• → Chinese: 優缽羅 / 优钵罗

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “उत्पल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 180.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “utpala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press