उत्सव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्सव (utsava). Cognate with Assamese উৎসৱ (utxow), Bengali উৎসব (utśob), Gujarati ઉચ્છવ (ucchav), Marathi उत्सव (utsav), Nepali उत्सव (utsav), Kannada ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava), Malayalam ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ), Odia ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba), Sinhalese උත්සවය (utsawaya), Tamil உற்சவம் (uṟcavam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊt̪.səʋ/, [ʊt̪.sɐʋ]
• Hyphenation: उत्‧सव, उत्सव
• Rhymes: -əʋ

Noun

उत्सव • (utsav) m

1. celebration, festival
2. ceremony, gala, fete
3. fiesta, regalement

Declension

Declension of उत्सव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उत्सव utsav	उत्सव utsav
oblique	उत्सव utsav	उत्सवों utsavõ
vocative	उत्सव utsav	उत्सवो utsavo

Synonyms

• त्यौहार (tyauhār)
• मेला (melā)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्सव (utsava). Cognate with Assamese উৎসৱ (utxow), Bengali উৎসব (utśob), Gujarati ઉચ્છવ (ucchav), Hindi उत्सव (utsav), Nepali उत्सव (utsav), Kannada ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava), Malayalam ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ), Odia ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba), Sinhalese උත්සවය (utsawaya), Tamil உற்சவம் (uṟcavam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut̪.səʋ/, [u.t͡sʰəʋ]
• Hyphenation: उत्‧सव, उत्सव
• Rhymes: -əʋ

Noun

उत्सव • (utsav) m

1. celebration, festival

   Synonym: सण (saṇ)

Declension

Declension of उत्सव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	उत्सव utsav
direct plural	उत्सव utsav
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	उत्सव utsav		उत्सव utsav
oblique सामान्यरूप	उत्सवा utsavā		उत्सवां- utsavān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	उत्सवाला utsavālā		उत्सवांना utsavānnā
ergative	उत्सवाने, उत्सवानं utsavāne, utsavāna		उत्सवांनी utsavānnī
instrumental	उत्सवाशी utsavāśī		उत्सवांशी utsavānśī
locative सप्तमी	उत्सवात utsavāt		उत्सवांत utsavāt
vocative संबोधन	उत्सवा utsavā		उत्सवांनो utsavānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of उत्सव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	उत्सवाचा utsavāċā	उत्सवाचे utsavāċe	उत्सवाची utsavācī	उत्सवाच्या utsavācā	उत्सवाचे, उत्सवाचं utsavāċe, utsavāċa	उत्सवाची utsavācī	उत्सवाच्या utsavācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	उत्सवांचा utsavānċā	उत्सवांचे utsavānċe	उत्सवांची utsavāñcī	उत्सवांच्या utsavāncā	उत्सवांचे, उत्सवांचं utsavānċe, utsavānċa	उत्सवांची utsavāñcī	उत्सवांच्या utsavāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• वार्षिकोत्सव (vārṣikotsav)
• सणोत्सव (saṇotsav)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “उत्सव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उत्सव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উত্সৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬢ᭄ᬲᬯ (Balinese script)
• উত্সব (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဥတ္သဝ (Burmese script)
• ઉત્સવ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਤ੍ਸਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦠ꧀ꦱꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಉತ್ಸವ (Kannada script)
• ឧត្សវ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຕ຺ສວ (Lao script)
• ഉത്സവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢐᠰᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଉତ୍ସଵ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢡ꣄ꢱꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖪 (Siddham script)
• උත‍්සව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚦 (Takri script)
• உத்ஸவ (Tamil script)
• ఉత్సవ (Telugu script)
• อุตฺสว (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཏྶ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root उत्सू (utsū, “to cause to go upwards; to stir up, agitate”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.sɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.s̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

उत्सव • (utsava) stem, m

1. ceremony, festival
2. banquet, ceremonial rejoicing
3. passion, joy, gladness, merriment
4. jubilee, a festive occasion
5. enterprise, beginning
6. wrath, insolence

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उत्सव
Nom. sg.	उत्सवः (utsavaḥ)
Gen. sg.	उत्सवस्य (utsavasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उत्सवः (utsavaḥ)	उत्सवौ (utsavau)	उत्सवाः (utsavāḥ)
Vocative	उत्सव (utsava)	उत्सवौ (utsavau)	उत्सवाः (utsavāḥ)
Accusative	उत्सवम् (utsavam)	उत्सवौ (utsavau)	उत्सवान् (utsavān)
Instrumental	उत्सवेन (utsavena)	उत्सवाभ्याम् (utsavābhyām)	उत्सवैः (utsavaiḥ)
Dative	उत्सवाय (utsavāya)	उत्सवाभ्याम् (utsavābhyām)	उत्सवेभ्यः (utsavebhyaḥ)
Ablative	उत्सवात् (utsavāt)	उत्सवाभ्याम् (utsavābhyām)	उत्सवेभ्यः (utsavebhyaḥ)
Genitive	उत्सवस्य (utsavasya)	उत्सवयोः (utsavayoḥ)	उत्सवानाम् (utsavānām)
Locative	उत्सवे (utsave)	उत्सवयोः (utsavayoḥ)	उत्सवेषु (utsaveṣu)

Synonyms

• महोत्सव (mahotsava)

Descendants

• Gujarati: ઉચ્છવ (ucchav)
• → Assamese: উৎসব (utxobo)
• → Bengali: উৎসব (utśob)
• → Hindi: उत्सव (utsav)
• → Kannada: ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava)
• → Malayalam: ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ)
• → Marathi: उत्सव (utsav)
• → Nepali: उत्सव (utsav)
• → Odia: ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba)
• → Sinhalese: උත්සවය (utsawaya)
• → Tamil: உற்சவம் (uṟcavam), உச்சவம் (uccavam), உத்ஸவம் (utsavam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उत्सव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 182/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103