उच्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • ओच् (oc)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • উচ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬉᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • উচ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰄𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀉𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဥစ် (Burmese script)
  • ઉચ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਉਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌉𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦈꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂇𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಉಚ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឧច៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഉച് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘄𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦤𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐄𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଉଚ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢆꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆇𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖄𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • උච් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚄𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
  • உச் (Tamil script)
  • ఉచ్ (Telugu script)
  • อุจฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒅𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk- (“to be accustomed”). Compare Lithuanian jùnkti (“to learn”), Polish uczyć (“to teach; to learn”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (biūhts, “accustomed to”), Old Armenian ուսանիմ (usanim, “to learn”).

Pronunciation

Root

उच् • (uc)

  1. to take pleasure in, delight in, be fond of
  2. to be accustomed
  3. to be suitable, suit, fit

Derived terms
  • उचित (ucita)
  • उच्यति (ucyati)
  • उवोच (uvoca)
  • उवोचिथ (uvocitha)
  • ऊचिषे (ūciṣe)
  • न्योचनी (nyocanī)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “उच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 172/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 12
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 211; 277
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