याच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যাচ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যাচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယာစ် (Burmese script)
• યાચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾಚ್ (Kannada script)
• យាច៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍາຈ຺ (Lao script)
• യാച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯାଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යාච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• யாச் (Tamil script)
• యాచ్ (Telugu script)
• ยาจฺ (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

An enlargement of the root या (yā, “to request, implore”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to utter”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

याच् • (yāc)

1. to ask, beg, solicit, entreat
2. to require, implore

Derived terms

• अययाचत् (ayayācat)
• अयाचीत् (ayācīt)
• ययाच (yayāca)
• ययाचे (yayāce)
• याचक (yācaka)
• याचति (yācati)
• याचते (yācate)
• याचन (yācana)
• याचयति (yācayati)
• याचयते (yācayate)
• याचिता (yācitā)
• याचितुम् (yācitum)
• याचित्वा (yācitvā)
• याचिषत् (yāciṣat)
• याचिष्ट (yāciṣṭa)
• याचिष्यति (yāciṣyati)
• याचिष्यते (yāciṣyate)
• याच्यते (yācyate)
• याच्यात् (yācyāt)
• यायाक्ति (yāyākti)
• यायाच्यते (yāyācyate)
• यियाचिषते (yiyāciṣate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “याच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0850/2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “याच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 131
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “याच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 409
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 617-8