उत्कल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

উত্কল (Assamese script)
ᬉᬢ᭄ᬓᬮ (Balinese script)
উত্কল (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰝𑰿𑰎𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀓𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ဥတ္ကလ (Burmese script)
ઉત્કલ (Gujarati script)
ਉਤ੍ਕਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦠ꧀ꦏꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂞𑂹𑂍𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಉತ್ಕಲ (Kannada script)
ឧត្កល (Khmer script)
ອຸຕ຺ກລ (Lao script)
ഉത്കല (Malayalam script)
ᡠᢠᡬᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘝𑘿𑘎𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠤᢐᢉᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑦽𑧠𑦮𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐟𑑂𑐎𑐮 (Newa script)
ଉତ୍କଲ (Odia script)
ꢆꢡ꣄ꢒꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆠𑇀𑆑𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖝𑖿𑖎𑖩 (Siddham script)
උත‍්කල (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩜𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚙𑚶𑚊𑚥 (Takri script)
உத்கல (Tamil script)
ఉత్కల (Telugu script)
อุตฺกล (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཏྐ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒏𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨋𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Potentially from उद्- (ud-, “on, upon, north of”) + कल् (kal)?”

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.kɐ.lɐ/, [ut̚.kɐ.lɐ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.kɐ.l̪ɐ/, [ˈut̪̚.kɐ.l̪ɐ]

Noun

उत्कल • (utkala) stem, m

name of the country Odisha
Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga)
a porter, one who carries a burden or load
a fowler, bird-catcher
(in the plural) the inhabitants of the above country

Descendants

→ Bengali: উৎকল (utkol)
→ Hindi: उत्कल (utkal)