As a Hindi name
उभय · ubhaya · adj.
Both, the two: (in Hindī generally occurring in comp., e.g.) ubhaya-tas, adv. From both sides, on both sides, to both sides; in both cases — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 7
उभय
both, two; both of
Śabdasāgara also records: दोनों
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi उभय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उभय (ubhaya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hubʰáyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁, see also Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”), Proto-Slavic *oba.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ubhaya mf(ī)n. (only sg. and pl.; according to Hara-datta also du. See Siddh. vol. i, p. 98) both, of both kinds, in both ways, in both manners, RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitĀr.; Mn. &c.
ubhaya pron. a. (yī f.) (Though dual in sense, it is used in the singular and plural only; according to some grammarians in the dual also) Both (of persons or things); ubhayamapyaparitoṣaṃ samarthaye Ś. 7; ubhayamānaśire vasudhādhipāḥ R. 9. 9; ubhayīṃ siddhimubhāvavāpatuḥ 8. 23, 17. 38; Amaru. 60; Ku. 7. 78; Ms. 2. 55, 4. 224; 9. 34. Comp. — arthaṃ ind. for a double object (for earthly prosperity and heavenly happiness also). — ātmaka a. belonging to both. — cara a. living in water and on land or in the air, amphibious. — (raḥ) a class of birds who live both on land and in the air. — dyuḥ ind. 1 on both days. 2 the day past and to come. — bhāgahara a. 1 applicable to two objects. 2 taking two shares. — (raṃ) a medicine that acts in two ways (both as an emetic and a purgative). — vidyā two fold sciences; i. e. religious knowledge and knowledge about worldly affairs. — vidha a. of both kinds. — vetana a. receiving wages from both (parties), serving two masters, treacherous, perfidious; ubhayavetano bhūtvā Pt. 1; Śi. 2. 113. — vyaṃjana a. having the marks of both sexes. — saṃbhavaḥ a dilemma.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(only sg. and pl.; according to Hara-datta also du. See ) both, of both kinds, in both ways, in both manners, &c.
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M3 · meaning shifts "ubhaya" is derived from "ubha" with the tayap suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ubha au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27) both, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.;
ubha [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.]
ubhaya mf(ī)n. (only sg. and pl.; according to Hara-datta also du. See Siddh. vol. i, p. 98) both, of both kinds, in both ways, in both manners, RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitĀr.; Mn. &c.
ubhaya pron. a. (yī f.) (Though dual in sense, it is used in the singular and plural only; according to some grammarians in the dual also) Both (of persons or things); ubhayamapyaparitoṣaṃ samarthaye Ś. 7; ubhayamānaśire vasudhādhipāḥ R. 9. 9; ubhayīṃ siddhimubhāvavāpatuḥ 8. 23, 17. 38; Amaru. 60; Ku. 7. 78; Ms. 2. 55, 4. 224; 9. 34. Comp. — arthaṃ ind. for a double object (for earthly prosperity and heavenly happiness also). — ātmaka a. belonging to both. — cara a. living in water and on land or in the air, amphibious. — (raḥ) a class of birds who live both on land and in the air. — dyuḥ ind. 1 on both days. 2 the day past and to come. — bhāgahara a. 1 applicable to two objects. 2 taking two shares. — (raṃ) a medicine that acts in two ways (both as an emetic and a purgative). — vidyā two fold sciences; i. e. religious knowledge and knowledge about worldly affairs. — vidha a. of both kinds. — vetana a. receiving wages from both (parties), serving two masters, treacherous, perfidious; ubhayavetano bhūtvā Pt. 1; Śi. 2. 113. — vyaṃjana a. having the marks of both sexes. — saṃbhavaḥ a dilemma.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ubhaya mf(ī)n. (only sg. and pl.; according to Hara-datta also du. See Siddh. vol. i, p. 98) both, of both kinds, in both ways, in both manners, RV.; AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitĀr.; Mn. &c.
ubhaya pron. a. (yī f.) (Though dual in sense, it is used in the singular and plural only; according to some grammarians in the dual also) Both (of persons or things); ubhayamapyaparitoṣaṃ samarthaye Ś. 7; ubhayamānaśire vasudhādhipāḥ R. 9. 9; ubhayīṃ siddhimubhāvavāpatuḥ 8. 23, 17. 38; Amaru. 60; Ku. 7. 78; Ms. 2. 55, 4. 224; 9. 34. Comp. — arthaṃ ind. for a double object (for earthly prosperity and heavenly happiness also). — ātmaka a. belonging to both. — cara a. living in water and on land or in the air, amphibious. — (raḥ) a class of birds who live both on land and in the air. — dyuḥ ind. 1 on both days. 2 the day past and to come. — bhāgahara a. 1 applicable to two objects. 2 taking two shares. — (raṃ) a medicine that acts in two ways (both as an emetic and a purgative). — vidyā two fold sciences; i. e. religious knowledge and knowledge about worldly affairs. — vidha a. of both kinds. — vetana a. receiving wages from both (parties), serving two masters, treacherous, perfidious; ubhayavetano bhūtvā Pt. 1; Śi. 2. 113. — vyaṃjana a. having the marks of both sexes. — saṃbhavaḥ a dilemma.
ubhaya pron. (sing. and plu. only,) (-yaḥ-ye) Both. E. ubha and ya from yā to obtain, affix ḍa.
ubha au, (Ved. ā), e, e mfn. du. (g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27) both, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.;
ubha [cf. Zd. uba; Gk. ἄμϕω; Lat. ambo; Goth. bai; Old High Germ. beidê; Slav. oba; Lith. abhù.]
Alternative readings
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