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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উচ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- উচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဥစ် (Burmese script)
- ઉચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ឧច៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
- ഉച് (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଉଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- උච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- உச் (Tamil script)
- ఉచ్ (Telugu script)
- อุจฺ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk- (“to be accustomed”). Compare Lithuanian jùnkti (“to learn”), Polish uczyć (“to teach; to learn”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (biūhts, “accustomed to”), Old Armenian ուսանիմ (usanim, “to learn”).
Pronunciation
Root
उच् • (uc)
- to take pleasure in, delight in, be fond of
- to be accustomed
- to be suitable, suit, fit
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- उचित (ucitá, Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 172, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 12
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “OC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 277