upajjhāya

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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

upa- (close up-) +‎ adhi- (to-) +‎ i (go); cognate with Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya)

Noun

upajjhāya m

1. spiritual teacher
2. 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: ឧបជ្ឈាយ៍ยะ (ʼupacchiəยะ)
• → Thai: อุปัชฌายะ (ù-bpàt-chaa-yá)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “upajjhāya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead