सिच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সিচ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬶᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সিচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သိစ် (Burmese script)
• સિચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਿਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦶꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂱𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಿಚ್ (Kannada script)
• សិច៑ (Khmer script)
• ສິຈ຺ (Lao script)
• സിച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘱𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧒𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐶𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସିଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢶꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සිච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩑𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚮𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸிச் (Tamil script)
• సిచ్ (Telugu script)
• สิจฺ (Thai script)
• སི་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒱𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨁𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to spill, pour; moisten, filter”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἰκμᾰ́ς (ikmás, “moisture, wetness”), Proto-Slavic *sьcati (“to piss”); Proto-Germanic *saiwiz whence English sea.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sit͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪it͡ɕ/

Root

सिच् • (sic)

1. to pour out, discharge, emit, shed
2. to sprinkle, moisten with
3. to dip, soak

Derived terms

• सिञ्चति (siñcáti)
• सेचते (sécate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सिच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1214.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 186
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सिच्”, 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 728
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 744-745
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सिच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 523
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0893, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0893