Surname · also Hindi
Upadhyay
“teacher, preceptor”
Upadhyay is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Original Hindiउपाध्याय
Meaning & origin
What it means
Upadhyay goes back to Sanskrit उपाध्याय, meaning “teacher, preceptor.”
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Where it comes from
Upadhyay comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi उपाध्याय, from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (“teacher, preceptor”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Upadhyay’s family of names
In English usage, Upadhyay as a surname has a related form in UPADHYAYA. In English usage, Upadhyay as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form उपाध्याय.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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