गच्छ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gaccha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙 (Brahmi script)
• গচ্ছ (Bengali script)
• ගච‍්ඡ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂစ္ဆ or ၷၸ္ꧡ or ၷၸ်ꧡ (Burmese script)
• คจฺฉ or คัจฉะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨧ᩠ᨨ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຈ຺ຉ or ຄັຈຉະ (Lao script)
• គច្ឆ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄌𑄴𑄍 (Chakma script)

Verb

गच्छ

1. Devanagari script form of gaccha, which is imperative active second-person singular of गच्छति (gacchati, “to go”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬘ᭄ᬙ (Balinese script)
• গচ্ছ (Assamese script)
• গচ্ছ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰓𑰿𑰔 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛 (Grantha script)
• ગચ્છ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਚੑਛ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦕ꧀ꦖ (Javanese script)
• គច្ឆ (Khmer script)
• ಗಚ್ಛ (Kannada script)
• ຄຈ຺ຉ (Lao script)
• ഗച്ഛ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘓𑘿𑘔 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢋᠼᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᠠᢜᡮᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဂစ္ဆ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑦳𑧠𑦴 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐔𑑂𑐕 (Newa script)
• ଗଚ୍ଛ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢗ꣄ꢘ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆖𑇀𑆗 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖓𑖿𑖔 (Siddham script)
• ගච්ඡ (Sinhalese script)
• గచ్ఛ (Telugu script)
• คจฺฉ (Thai script)
• ག་ཙྪ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒔𑓂𑒕 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐt.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ɡɐt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ˈɡɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]

Etymology 1

If the original sense was "generation" or "lineage", then perhaps from the root गम् (gam, “to go, move”), with the literal meaning "advancement" (of a generation).

Noun

गच्छ • (gaccha) m

1. family, race
2. a tree
3. a Jaina lineage
4. period (number of terms) of a progression

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गच्छ (gaccha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गच्छः gacchaḥ	गच्छौ gacchau	गच्छाः / गच्छासः¹ gacchāḥ / gacchāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गच्छ gaccha	गच्छौ gacchau	गच्छाः / गच्छासः¹ gacchāḥ / gacchāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गच्छम् gaccham	गच्छौ gacchau	गच्छान् gacchān
Instrumental	गच्छेन gacchena	गच्छाभ्याम् gacchābhyām	गच्छैः / गच्छेभिः¹ gacchaiḥ / gacchebhiḥ¹
Dative	गच्छाय gacchāya	गच्छाभ्याम् gacchābhyām	गच्छेभ्यः gacchebhyaḥ
Ablative	गच्छात् gacchāt	गच्छाभ्याम् gacchābhyām	गच्छेभ्यः gacchebhyaḥ
Genitive	गच्छस्य gacchasya	गच्छयोः gacchayoḥ	गच्छानाम् gacchānām
Locative	गच्छे gacche	गच्छयोः gacchayoḥ	गच्छेषु gaccheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: গাছ (gacho)
    • Assamese: গছ (gos)
  • Kamta: গছ (gos)
  • Old Bengali:
    • Bengali: গাছ (gach)
  • Old Oriya:
    • Oriya: ଗଛ (gôchô)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: गाछ (gāch)
    • Magahi: 𑂏𑂰𑂓
• Helu:
  • Dhivehi: ގަސް‎ (gas)
  • Sinhalese: ගස (gasa)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindi: गाछ (gāch)
• Pali: gaccha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

गच्छ • (gaccha)

1. imperative active second-person singular of गच्छति (gacchati)