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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ut͡ɕ/

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 211; 277