ऊति

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the root अव् (av, to promote, favour, satisfy) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Noun

ऊ॒ति • (ūtí) stemf (root अव्)

  1. help, protection, promoting, refreshing favour
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.45.14:
      या त॑ ऊ॒तिर्अ॑मित्रहन्म॒क्षूज॑वस्त॒मास॑ति ।
      तया॑ नो हिनुही॒ रथ॑म् ॥
      yā́ ta ūtíramitrahanmakṣū́javastamā́sati.
      táyā no hinuhī rátham.
      • 1896 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
        Slayer of foes, whatever aid of thine imparts the swiftest course,
        With that impel our car to speed.
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.47.17:
      यथा॑ क॒लां यथा॑ श॒फं यथ॑ ऋ॒णं सं॒नया॑मसि ।
      ए॒वा दुः॒ष्वप्न्यं॒ सर्व॑मा॒प्त्ये सं न॑यामस्यने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ऊ॒तयः॑
      yáthā kalā́ṃ yáthā śapháṃ yátha ṛṇáṃ saṃnáyāmasi.
      evā́ duḥṣvápnyaṃ sárvamāptyé sáṃ nayāmasyaneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ.
      • 2014 translation by Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton
        Just as we bring back a sixteenth, then an eighth, then the (whole) debt,
        even so we bring the whole bad dream to Āptya.
        – Your help is faultless; very helpful is your help.
  2. kindness, refreshment
  3. means of helping or promoting or refreshing, goods, riches (also plural)
  4. wish, desire
  5. distilling
    Synonym: क्षरण (kṣaraṇa)
  6. speed
  7. enjoyment, play, dalliance
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of ऊ॒ति
singular dual plural
nominative ऊ॒तिः (ūtíḥ) ऊ॒ती (ūtī́) ऊ॒तयः॑ (ūtáyaḥ)
accusative ऊ॒तिम् (ūtím) ऊ॒ती (ūtī́) ऊ॒तीः (ūtī́ḥ)
instrumental ऊ॒त्या (ūtyā́)
ऊ॒ती¹ (ūtī́¹)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभिः॑ (ūtíbhiḥ)
dative ऊ॒तये॑ (ūtáye)
ऊ॒त्यै² (ūtyái²)
ऊ॒ती¹ (ūtī́¹)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभ्यः॑ (ūtíbhyaḥ)
ablative ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्याः² (ūtyā́ḥ²)
ऊ॒त्यै³ (ūtyái³)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभ्यः॑ (ūtíbhyaḥ)
genitive ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्याः² (ūtyā́ḥ²)
ऊ॒त्यै³ (ūtyái³)
ऊ॒त्योः (ūtyóḥ) ऊ॒ती॒नाम् (ūtīnā́m)
locative ऊ॒तौ (ūtáu)
ऊ॒त्याम्² (ūtyā́m²)
ऊ॒ता¹ (ūtā́¹)
ऊ॒त्योः (ūtyóḥ) ऊ॒तिषु॑ (ūtíṣu)
vocative ऊते॑ (ū́te) ऊती॑ (ū́tī) ऊत॑यः (ū́tayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

ऊ॒ति • (ūtí) stemm (root अव्)

  1. (also as a title or epithet) name of a दैत्य (daitya)
Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of ऊ॒ति
singular
nominative ऊ॒तिः (ūtíḥ)
accusative ऊ॒तिम् (ūtím)
instrumental ऊ॒तिना॑ (ūtínā)
ऊ॒त्या¹ (ūtyā́¹)
dative ऊ॒तये॑ (ūtáye)
ablative ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्यः¹ (ūtyáḥ¹)
genitive ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्यः¹ (ūtyáḥ¹)
locative ऊ॒तौ (ūtáu)
ऊ॒ता¹ (ūtā́¹)
vocative ऊते॑ (ū́te)
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From the root वे (ve, to weave) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Noun

ऊ॒ति • (ūtí) stemf (root वे)

  1. the act of weaving, sewing
  2. red texture
  3. tissue
  4. the money given to a tailor for sewing
  5. a mole's hole
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of ऊ॒ति
singular dual plural
nominative ऊ॒तिः (ūtíḥ) ऊ॒ती (ūtī́) ऊ॒तयः॑ (ūtáyaḥ)
accusative ऊ॒तिम् (ūtím) ऊ॒ती (ūtī́) ऊ॒तीः (ūtī́ḥ)
instrumental ऊ॒त्या (ūtyā́)
ऊ॒ती¹ (ūtī́¹)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभिः॑ (ūtíbhiḥ)
dative ऊ॒तये॑ (ūtáye)
ऊ॒त्यै² (ūtyái²)
ऊ॒ती¹ (ūtī́¹)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभ्यः॑ (ūtíbhyaḥ)
ablative ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्याः² (ūtyā́ḥ²)
ऊ॒त्यै³ (ūtyái³)
ऊ॒तिभ्या॑म् (ūtíbhyām) ऊ॒तिभ्यः॑ (ūtíbhyaḥ)
genitive ऊ॒तेः (ūtéḥ)
ऊ॒त्याः² (ūtyā́ḥ²)
ऊ॒त्यै³ (ūtyái³)
ऊ॒त्योः (ūtyóḥ) ऊ॒ती॒नाम् (ūtīnā́m)
locative ऊ॒तौ (ūtáu)
ऊ॒त्याम्² (ūtyā́m²)
ऊ॒ता¹ (ūtā́¹)
ऊ॒त्योः (ūtyóḥ) ऊ॒तिषु॑ (ūtíṣu)
vocative ऊते॑ (ū́te) ऊती॑ (ū́tī) ऊत॑यः (ū́tayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “ऊति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 221/1.
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “ऊतिः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 483
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgara (1900), “ऊति”, in Śabdasāgara: or, A comprehensive Sanskrit–English lexicon, chiefly based on Professor Horace Hayman Wilson's Sanskrit–English Dictionary and compiled from various recent authorities for the use of schools and colleges[1], 1st edition, Kolkata: Āśubodha Bhaṭṭācārya and Nityabodha Bhaṭṭācārya, retrieved 13 December 2025, page 136

Further reading

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AV¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 134
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 505