अर्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ऋच् (ṛc)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৰ্চ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬃᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অর্চ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အရ်္စ် (Burmese script)
• અર્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦂꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅರ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
• អច៌៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຣ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
• അര്ച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡵᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අර්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• அர்ச் (Tamil script)
• అర్చ్ (Telugu script)
• อรฺจฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erkʷ- (“to praise”). See ऋच् (ṛc) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾt͡ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɾt͡ɕ/

Root

अर्च् • (arc)

1. to shine
2. to praise

Derived terms

• अर्क (arká, “flash of lightning; hymn”)
• अर्चक (arcaka, “honoring, worshiping”)
• अर्चति (árcati, “he shines, praises”)
• अर्चन (arcana, “homage”)
• अर्चनीय (arcanīya, “venerable”)
• अर्चा (arcā́, “worship; idol”)
• अर्चि (arcí, “ray, flame”)
• अर्चित (arcita, “honored, worshiped”)
• अर्चितृ (arcitṛ, “worshiper”)
• अर्चिस् (arcís, “ray of light”)
• अर्च् (arc, “shining, brilliant”)
• अर्च्य (arcya, “to be honored or worshiped”)
• ऋक्व (ṛkvá, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
• ऋक्वन् (ṛ́kvan, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
• ऋच् (ṛ́c, “praise, verse”)
• तृच (tṛcá, “three-verse strophe”)
• सुवृक्ति (suvṛktí, “excellent (hymn of) praise”)

 

Adjective

अर्च् • (arc)

1. shining, brilliant

Declension

Declension of अर्च्
Nom. sg.	अर्क् (ark)
Gen. sg.	अर्चस् (arcas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अर्क् (ark)	अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)	अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
Vocative	अर्क् (ark)	अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)	अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
Accusative	अर्चम् m or f, अर्क् n (arcam m or f, ark n)	अर्चौ m or f, अर्ची n (arcau m or f, arcī n)	अर्चस् m or f, अर्चि n (arcas m or f, arci n)
Instrumental	अर्चा (arcā)	अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)	अर्ग्भिस् (argbhis)
Dative	अर्चे (arce)	अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)	अर्ग्भ्यस् (argbhyas)
Ablative	अर्चस् (arcas)	अर्ग्भ्याम् (argbhyām)	अर्ग्भ्यस् (argbhyas)
Genitive	अर्चस् (arcas)	अर्चोस् (arcos)	अर्चाम् (arcām)
Locative	अर्चि (arci)	अर्चोस् (arcos)	अर्क्षु (arkṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अर्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 89/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 114-5; 249