उपयोग

See also: उपयोगी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपयोग (upayoga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.joːɡ/

Noun

उपयोग • (upyog) m (Urdu spelling اُپْیوگ)

1. application, use, utilisation

   Synonym: इस्तेमाल (istemāl)

Declension

Declension of उपयोग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उपयोग upyog	उपयोग upyog
oblique	उपयोग upyog	उपयोगों upyogõ
vocative	उपयोग upyog	उपयोगो upyogo

Derived terms

• उपयोग करना (upyog karnā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উপয়োগ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬧᬬᭀᬕ (Balinese script)
• উপয়োগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰧𑰺𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀬𑁄𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ဥပယောဂ (Burmese script)
• ઉપયોગ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਯੋਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦥꦪꦺꦴꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂣𑂨𑂷𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಪಯೋಗ (Kannada script)
• ឧបយោគ (Khmer script)
• ອຸປໂຍຄ (Lao script)
• ഉപയോഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᠶᠣᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘧𑘻𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧇𑧜𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐫𑑀𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଉପଯୋଗ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢦꢫꣂꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆪𑆾𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖧𑖺𑖐 (Siddham script)
• උපයොග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩻𑩕𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚞𑚣𑚴𑚌 (Takri script)
• உபயோக³ (Tamil script)
• ఉపయోగ (Telugu script)
• อุปโยค (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་ཡོ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒨𑒼𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨪𑨆𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

उप- (upa-) +‎ योग (yoga)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.jɐw.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.pɐˈjoː.ɡɐ/

Noun

उपयोग • (upayoga) stem, m

1. use, utility, application
2. conduct
3. analysis
4. calculation
5. enjoyment
6. consuming
7. suitableness
8. fitness
9. food

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उपयोग (upayoga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उपयोगः upayogaḥ	उपयोगौ / उपयोगा¹ upayogau / upayogā¹	उपयोगाः / उपयोगासः¹ upayogāḥ / upayogāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उपयोग upayoga	उपयोगौ / उपयोगा¹ upayogau / upayogā¹	उपयोगाः / उपयोगासः¹ upayogāḥ / upayogāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उपयोगम् upayogam	उपयोगौ / उपयोगा¹ upayogau / upayogā¹	उपयोगान् upayogān
Instrumental	उपयोगेन upayogena	उपयोगाभ्याम् upayogābhyām	उपयोगैः / उपयोगेभिः¹ upayogaiḥ / upayogebhiḥ¹
Dative	उपयोगाय upayogāya	उपयोगाभ्याम् upayogābhyām	उपयोगेभ्यः upayogebhyaḥ
Ablative	उपयोगात् upayogāt	उपयोगाभ्याम् upayogābhyām	उपयोगेभ्यः upayogebhyaḥ
Genitive	उपयोगस्य upayogasya	उपयोगयोः upayogayoḥ	उपयोगानाम् upayogānām
Locative	उपयोगे upayoge	उपयोगयोः upayogayoḥ	उपयोगेषु upayogeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘄𑘢𑘹𑘐 (upega), 𑘄𑘢𑘹𑘎 (upeka)
• →Tatsama:

  • Hindi: उपयोग (upyog)
  • Kannada: ಉಪಯೋಗ (upayōga)
  • Malayalam: ഉപയോഗം (upayōgaṁ)
  • Tamil: உபயோகம் (upayōkam)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “उपयोगः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “उपयोग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page उपयोग, 204, column 2.