Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records upādhyāya with the sense “teacher, preceptor”. Upādhyāya is a teaching title. Monier-Williams describes instruction in a subject or a portion of a text and distinguishes the term from other educational titles. The surname उपाध्याय retains that title as a word. The shorter Latin ending ay represents the vernacular pronunciation rather than adding a new lexical component. The Sanskrit title has a final short vowel.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword upādhyāya, page 213, column 3, entry L36692

Literal dictionary sense

upādhyāya: Teacher, preceptor.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword upādhyāya, page 213, column 3, entry L36692

Native-script forms

उपाध्याय · Devanagariઉપાધ્યાય · Gujarati

Spelling variants

Upadhye.

Sources and attribution

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