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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শুচ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শুচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐုစ် (Burmese script)
- શુચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੁਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂳𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶುಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝុច៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
- ശുച് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශුච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚰𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶுச் (Tamil script)
- శుచ్ (Telugu script)
- ศุจฺ (Thai script)
- ཤུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćawk- (“shines, glares, gleams”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”). Cognate with Persian سوگ (sug, “grief, sorrow”) (further related to سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”), سرخ (sorx, “red”), and سوگند (sowgand, “oath”)), Gilaki سوتن (sutən), Talysh سوته (sute), Baluchi سوچگ (sóčag), Mazanderani بسوتن (basuten), Central Kurdish سوتان (sutan), Old Armenian սուգ (sug, “grief”), and Proto-Baltic *šuktas (“lit, ignited”).
Pronunciation
Noun
शुच् • (śúc) stem, f
- flame, glow, heat
- brightness, luster
- also plural pain, sorrow, grief or regret for (comp.)
- plural tears
Adjective
शुच् • (śúc) stem
- shining, illumining
Root
शुच् • (śuc)
- to shine, glow
- to suffer, grieve
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1720”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1720
- Monier Williams (1899) “शुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1081.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शुच्”, 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 174
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शुच्”, 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) “ŚOC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 655-656
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 377-378
- 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 328
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?1.*k̑eu̯k-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 331
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0597”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0597