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origin meaning in Sanskrit

उद्भव udbhava

UK/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn//ˈoɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/

origin in Sanskrit: उद्भव (udbhava), उत्पत्ति (utpatti), आरम्भ (ārambhá), जनिमन् (jániman). In English, origin means the beginning of something.

Sanskrit words for origin

origin, birth, making, development
उद्भव udbhava
origin, onset, genesis, birth
उत्पत्ति utpatti
origin
आरम्भ ārambhá, जनिमन् jániman, बीज bī́ja, आगम āgama
origin, extraction
प्रकृति prákṛti
origin, beginning
मूल mū́la
the origin or plot of a play or poem
कारण kāraṇa
origin, source
आश्रय āśraya
origin, rise
उत्थान utthā́na

English meaning of origin

  1. noun The beginning of something.
  2. noun The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
  3. noun The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
  4. noun The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.

Full definition of origin

origin in a sentence

  • trace the origin of something
  • The custom has its origin in ancient Greece.
  • Scientists are studying the origin of the universe.

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Questions about origin in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of origin in Sanskrit?
Origin in Sanskrit is उद्भव (udbhava), उत्पत्ति (utpatti), आरम्भ (ārambhá), जनिमन् (jániman).
origin इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Origin: उद्भव (udbhava), उत्पत्ति (utpatti), आरम्भ (ārambhá), जनिमन् (jániman).
What does origin mean in English?
Origin means the beginning of something.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “origin”: आगम, आरम्भ, आश्रय, उत्थान. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: origin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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