उपयोग

उपयोग

See also: उपयोगी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उपयोग (upayoga).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.joːɡ/

Noun

उपयोग • (upyog) m

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)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬉᬧᬬᭀᬕ (Balinese script)
• উপযোগ (Assamese script)
• উপযোগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰧𑰺𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀬𑁄𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ઉપયોગ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਯੋਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦈꦥꦪꦺꦴꦒ (Javanese script)
• ឧបយោគ (Khmer script)
• ಉಪಯೋಗ (Kannada script)
• ອຸປໂຍຄ (Lao script)
• ഉപയോഗ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘧𑘻𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᠶᠣᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဥပယောဂ (Burmese script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧇𑧜𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐫𑑀𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଉପଯୋଗ (Oriya script)
• ꢆꢦꢫꣂꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆪𑆾𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖧𑖺𑖐 (Siddham script)
• උපයෝග (Sinhalese script)
• ఉపయోగ (Telugu script)
• อุปโยค (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་ཡོ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒨𑒼𑒑 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

उप- (upa-) +‎ योग (yoga)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

उपयोग • (upayoga) 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 upayogau	उपयोगाः / उपयोगासः¹ upayogāḥ / upayogāsaḥ¹
Vocative	उपयोग upayoga	उपयोगौ upayogau	उपयोगाः / उपयोगासः¹ upayogāḥ / upayogāsaḥ¹
Accusative	उपयोगम् upayogam	उपयोगौ upayogau	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 (upayōgaṃ)
  • 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 458052227, pages उपयोग, 204, column 2.