मोचक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মোচক (Assamese script)
• ᬫᭀᬘᬓ (Balinese script)
• মোচক (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰺𑰓𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁄𑀘𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• မောစက (Burmese script)
• મોચક (Gujarati script)
• ਮੋਚਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍋𑌚𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦴꦕꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂷𑂒𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೋಚಕ (Kannada script)
• មោចក (Khmer script)
• ໂມຈກ (Lao script)
• മോചക (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠣᢜᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘻𑘓𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧜𑦳𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑀𑐔𑐎 (Newa script)
• ମୋଚକ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣂꢗꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆾𑆖𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖺𑖓𑖎 (Siddham script)
• මොචක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩕𑩡𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚴𑚏𑚊 (Takri script)
• மோசக (Tamil script)
• మోచక (Telugu script)
• โมจก (Thai script)
• མོ་ཙ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒼𑒔𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨆𑨣𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐw.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.t͡ɕɐ.kɐ/

Etymology 1

मुच् (muc) +‎ -अक (-aka). Doublet of मोचक (mocaka, “a kind of shoe”).

Noun

मोचक • (mocaka) stem, m (feminine मोचिका, root मुच्)

2. liberating, emancipating
3. one who has abandoned all worldly passions and desires, an ascetic, devotee

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मोचक (mocaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मोचकः mocakaḥ	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकाः / मोचकासः¹ mocakāḥ / mocakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मोचक mocaka	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकाः / मोचकासः¹ mocakāḥ / mocakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकान् mocakān
Instrumental	मोचकेन mocakena	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकैः / मोचकेभिः¹ mocakaiḥ / mocakebhiḥ¹
Dative	मोचकाय mocakāya	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Ablative	मोचकात् mocakāt	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Genitive	मोचकस्य mocakasya	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकानाम् mocakānām
Locative	मोचके mocake	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकेषु mocakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of मोचक (mocaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Vocative	मोचक mocaka	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Accusative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Instrumental	मोचकेन mocakena	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकैः / मोचकेभिः¹ mocakaiḥ / mocakebhiḥ¹
Dative	मोचकाय mocakāya	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Ablative	मोचकात् mocakāt	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Genitive	मोचकस्य mocakasya	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकानाम् mocakānām
Locative	मोचके mocake	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकेषु mocakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

मोचक • (mocaka) stem, m

1. a kind of plant, Moringa Pterygosperma, Musa Sapientum, Schrebera Swietenioides

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मोचक (mocaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मोचकः mocakaḥ	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकाः / मोचकासः¹ mocakāḥ / mocakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मोचक mocaka	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकाः / मोचकासः¹ mocakāḥ / mocakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचकौ / मोचका¹ mocakau / mocakā¹	मोचकान् mocakān
Instrumental	मोचकेन mocakena	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकैः / मोचकेभिः¹ mocakaiḥ / mocakebhiḥ¹
Dative	मोचकाय mocakāya	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Ablative	मोचकात् mocakāt	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Genitive	मोचकस्य mocakasya	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकानाम् mocakānām
Locative	मोचके mocake	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकेषु mocakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *hmáwčakah, ultimtately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-, whence also मुच् (muc). Doublet of मोचक (mocaka, “liberating”).

Noun

मोचक • (mocaka) stem, n

2. a kind of shoe

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मोचक (mocaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Vocative	मोचक mocaka	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Accusative	मोचकम् mocakam	मोचके mocake	मोचकानि / मोचका¹ mocakāni / mocakā¹
Instrumental	मोचकेन mocakena	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकैः / मोचकेभिः¹ mocakaiḥ / mocakebhiḥ¹
Dative	मोचकाय mocakāya	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Ablative	मोचकात् mocakāt	मोचकाभ्याम् mocakābhyām	मोचकेभ्यः mocakebhyaḥ
Genitive	मोचकस्य mocakasya	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकानाम् mocakānām
Locative	मोचके mocake	मोचकयोः mocakayoḥ	मोचकेषु mocakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मोचिक (mocika) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀘 n (moca, “shoe”)
  • Marathi: मोचा (mocā, “shoe”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मोचक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 835.