उवाच

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ववाच (vavā́ca) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

উৱাচ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬯᬵᬘ (Balinese script)
উবাচ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰪𑰯𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀯𑀸𑀘 (Brahmi script)
ဥဝါစ (Burmese script)
ઉવાચ (Gujarati script)
ਉਵਾਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦮꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂫𑂰𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಉವಾಚ (Kannada script)
ឧវាច (Khmer script)
ອຸວາຈ (Lao script)
ഉവാച (Malayalam script)
ᡠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘪𑘰𑘓 (Modi script)
ᠤᠸᠠᢗᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧊𑧑𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐰𑐵𑐔 (Newa script)
ଉଵାଚ (Odia script)
ꢆꢮꢵꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆮𑆳𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖪𑖯𑖓 (Siddham script)
උවාච (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩾𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚦𑚭𑚏 (Takri script)
உவாச (Tamil script)
ఉవాచ (Telugu script)
อุวาจ (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཝཱ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒫𑒰𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨭𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From earlier ववाच (vavā́ca), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wawā́ća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wawā́ča, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wókʷ-e ~ *we-wkʷ-ḗr.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ʋɑ́ː.t͡ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.ʋɑː.t͡ɕɐ/

Verb

उवाच • (uvā́ca) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root वच्)

perfect of वच् (vac, “to say, speak”)

Conjugation

Perfect: उवाच (uvā́ca), ऊचे (ūcé)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	उवाच uvā́ca	ऊचतुः ūcátuḥ	ऊचुः ūcúḥ	ऊचे ūcé	ऊचाते ūcā́te	ऊचिरे ūciré
Second	उवक्थ / उवचिथ¹ uváktha / uvácitha¹	ऊचथुः ūcáthuḥ	ऊच ūcá	ऊचिषे ūciṣé	ऊचाथे ūcā́the	ऊचिध्वे ūcidhvé
First	उवच / उवाच¹ uváca / uvā́ca¹	ऊचिव ūcivá	ऊचिम ūcimá	ऊचे ūcé	ऊचिवहे ūciváhe	ऊचिमहे ūcimáhe
Participles
	ऊचिवांस् ūcivā́ṃs			ऊचान ūcāná
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 673
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2000) Das Perfekt im Indoiranischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 441-4