कूच
See also: कूर्च
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کوچ (kūč) of Turkic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kuːt͡ʃ/
Noun
कूच • (kūc) m (Urdu spelling کوچ)
- departure, leaving
- (euphemistically) death
- Synonyms: परलोकयात्रा (parlokyātrā), प्रस्थान (prasthān)
- कूच कर जाना ― kūc kar jānā ― to make one's departure (literally, “to die”)
- (military) march
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कूच kūc |
कूच kūc |
| oblique | कूच kūc |
कूचों kūcõ |
| vocative | कूच kūc |
कूचो kūco |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1960) Persian Influence on Hindi[1], Allahabad, India: Bharati Press, page 26
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কূচ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬹᬘ (Balinese script)
- কূচ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰳𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀽𑀘 (Brahmi script)
- ကူစ (Burmese script)
- કૂચ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੂਚ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍂𑌚 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦹꦕ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂴𑂒 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೂಚ (Kannada script)
- កូច (Khmer script)
- ກູຈ (Lao script)
- കൂച (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᡠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘴𑘓 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᠤᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧕𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐹𑐔 (Newa script)
- କୂଚ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢹꢗ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆷𑆖 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖳𑖓 (Siddham script)
- කූච (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚱𑚏 (Takri script)
- கூச (Tamil script)
- కూచ (Telugu script)
- กูจ (Thai script)
- ཀཱུ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒴𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kuː.t͡ɕɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kuː.t͡ɕɐ/
Noun
कूच • (kūca) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कूचः (kūcaḥ) | कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹) |
कूचाः (kūcāḥ) कूचासः¹ (kūcāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | कूचम् (kūcam) | कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹) |
कूचान् (kūcān) |
| instrumental | कूचेन (kūcena) | कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām) | कूचैः (kūcaiḥ) कूचेभिः¹ (kūcebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | कूचाय (kūcāya) | कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām) | कूचेभ्यः (kūcebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कूचात् (kūcāt) | कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām) | कूचेभ्यः (kūcebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कूचस्य (kūcasya) | कूचयोः (kūcayoḥ) | कूचानाम् (kūcānām) |
| locative | कूचे (kūce) | कूचयोः (kūcayoḥ) | कूचेषु (kūceṣu) |
| vocative | कूच (kūca) | कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹) |
कूचाः (kūcāḥ) कूचासः¹ (kūcāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कूच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 299.