शौच

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शौच (śauca).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɔːt͡ʃ/

Noun

शौच • (śauc) m

1. purification, cleansing
2. defecation

Declension

Declension of शौच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शौच śauc	शौच śauc
oblique	शौच śauc	शौचों śaucõ
vocative	शौच śauc	शौचो śauco

Derived terms

• शौचालय (śaucālay)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शौच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press