उत्पल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्पल (utpala).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

उत्पल • (utpal) m

1. lotus

   Synonym: कमल (kamal)

Declension

Declension of उत्पल (masc cons-stem)

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

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), the latter being a variant of पट् (paṭ, “to burst open”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.pɐ.lɐ/, [ut̚.pɐ.lɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.pɐ.l̪ɐ/, [ˈut̪̚.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 (utpala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उत्पलम् utpalam	उत्पले utpale	उत्पलानि / उत्पला¹ utpalāni / utpalā¹
Vocative	उत्पल utpala	उत्पले utpale	उत्पलानि / उत्पला¹ utpalāni / utpalā¹
Accusative	उत्पलम् utpalam	उत्पले utpale	उत्पलानि / उत्पला¹ utpalāni / utpalā¹
Instrumental	उत्पलेन utpalena	उत्पलाभ्याम् utpalābhyām	उत्पलैः / उत्पलेभिः¹ utpalaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उत्पली (utpalī)
• उत्पलाक्ष (utpalākṣa, “lotus-eyed”)
• उत्पलदृश् (utpaladṛś), उत्पलाभ (utpalābha, “lotuslike”)
• उत्पलमाला (utpalamālā, “a wreath of lotus-flowers”)
• उत्पलवन (utpalavana, “a group of lotuses”)
• उत्पलपत्त्र (utpalapattra, “the leaf of a Nymphaea”)
• उत्पलसारिवा (utpalasārivā), उत्पलगोपा (utpalagopā, “Ichnocarpus frutescens”)
• 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

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