उज्जेणि

Apabhramsa

Alternative forms

उज्जेणय (ujjeṇaya)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ujjaïṇī), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂𑀡𑀻 (ujjeṇī), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀉𑀚𑁂𑀦𑀺 (ujeni /⁠ujjeni⁠/), from Sanskrit उज्जयिनी (ujjayinī).

Noun

उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) f (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)^[1]

Ujjayini (the ancient capital of the Avanti kingdom; modern Ujjain)
- c. 965 CE – 971 CE, Puṣpadanta, Jasahara-Chariu 1.20.10–21.12:
  एत्थत्थि अवंती णाम विसउ
  […] उज्जेणि णाम तहिँ णयरि अत्थि
  etthatthi avaṃtī ṇāma visaü
  […] ujjeṇi ṇāma tahim̐ ṇayari atthi
  [In the Indian subcontinent], there is a region called Avanti.
  […] There is a city called Ujjayini there.
- c. 965 CE – 971 CE, Puṣpadanta, Nayakumara-Chariu 7.3.8–9:
  उज्जेणिहिँ मुणिणाहें सिट्ठउ विस-हलु जासु सरीरि पइट्ठउ।
  पुट्ठि जणेसइ सो तुम्हहँ पहु तुहुँ दिट्ठो-सि णाह णं महुमहु।
  ujjeṇihim̐ muṇiṇāheṃ siṭṭhaü visa-halu jāsu sarīri païṭṭhaü.
  puṭṭhi jaṇesaï so tumhaham̐ pahu tuhum̐ diṭṭho-si ṇāha ṇaṃ mahumahu.
  A sage in Ujjayini had prophesied that the one whose body this poisonous fruit enters and produces nourishment is your Lord.
  O Lord, now we have seen you.

Declension

Declension of उज्जेणि (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī)	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिउ (ujjeṇiu) or उज्जेणीउ (ujjeṇīu) or उज्जेणिओ (ujjeṇio) or उज्जेणीओ (ujjeṇīo)
Accusative	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī)	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिउ (ujjeṇiu) or उज्जेणीउ (ujjeṇīu) or उज्जेणिओ (ujjeṇio) or उज्जेणीओ (ujjeṇīo)
Instrumental	उज्जेणिए (ujjeṇie) or उज्जेणीए (ujjeṇīe)	उज्जेणिहिं (ujjeṇihiṃ) or उज्जेणीहिं (ujjeṇīhiṃ)
Dative	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिहे (ujjeṇihe) or उज्जेणीहे (ujjeṇīhe)	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिहु (ujjeṇihu) or उज्जेणीहु (ujjeṇīhu)
Ablative	उज्जेणिहे (ujjeṇihe) or उज्जेणीहे (ujjeṇīhe)	उज्जेणिहु (ujjeṇihu) or उज्जेणीहु (ujjeṇīhu)
Genitive	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिहे (ujjeṇihe) or उज्जेणीहे (ujjeṇīhe)	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिहु (ujjeṇihu) or उज्जेणीहु (ujjeṇīhu)
Locative	उज्जेणिहिं (ujjeṇihiṃ) or उज्जेणीहिं (ujjeṇīhiṃ)	उज्जेणिहिं (ujjeṇihiṃ) or उज्जेणीहिं (ujjeṇīhiṃ)
Vocative	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī)	उज्जेणि (ujjeṇi) or उज्जेणी (ujjeṇī) or उज्जेणिउ (ujjeṇiu) or उज्जेणीउ (ujjeṇīu) or उज्जेणिओ (ujjeṇio) or उज्जेणीओ (ujjeṇīo) or उज्जेणिहो (ujjeṇiho) or उज्जेणीहो (ujjeṇīho)

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Western Hindi:
  - Braj: उज्जैन (ujjain)
  - Hindustani: ujjain
    Hindi: उज्जैन m
    Urdu: اُجَّین m
    → English: Ujjain, (archaic) Azin, (archaic) Oojyne, (archaic) Oujein
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Malvi: उजीण (ujīṇ), उज्जीण (ujjīṇ)
- Marwari:
  Devanagari script: उजीण (ujīṇ), उजेण (ujeṇ)
  
  Mahajani script: 𑅒𑅛𑅑𑅢 (ujiṇ /⁠ujīṇ⁠/), 𑅒𑅛𑅓𑅢 (ujeṇ)

Descendants extended with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Hindi:
  - Old Awadhi: ujenī
    Devanagari script: उजेनी
    
    Kaithi script: 𑂇𑂔𑂵𑂢𑂲
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Kachchi: ujeṇī
  Gujarati script: ઉજેણી
  
  Khudabadi script: 𑊴𑋂𑋥𑋌𑋢
- Old Gujarati: उजेणी (ujeṇī), ऊजेणी (ūjeṇī)
  - Gujaratic:
    - Middle Gujarati: उजेणी, ऊजेणी
  - Rajasthani:
    - Marwari:
      Devanagari script: उजीणी (ujīṇī)
      
      Mahajani script: 𑅒𑅛𑅑𑅢𑅑 (ujiṇi /⁠ujīṇī⁠/)

References

^ Naresh Kumar (1975), “उज्जेणि”, in अपभ्रंश-हिंदी-कोश [apabhrañś-hindī-koś, Apabhraṁśa-Hindi Dictionary], Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Indo-Vision Private Limited, page 112, column 2

[1] Naresh Kumar (1975), “उज्जेणि”, in अपभ्रंश-हिंदी-कोश [apabhrañś-hindī-koś, Apabhraṁśa-Hindi Dictionary], Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India: Indo-Vision Private Limited, page 112, column 2

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