पश्चा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পশ্চা (Assamese script)
ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬵ (Balinese script)
পশ্চা (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ပၐ္စာ (Burmese script)
પશ્ચા (Gujarati script)
ਪਸ਼੍ਚਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦯ꧀ꦕꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಪಶ್ಚಾ (Kannada script)
បឝ្ចា (Khmer script)
ປຨ຺ຈາ (Lao script)
പശ്ചാ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᡧᢜᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠱᢋᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐵 (Newa script)
ପଶ୍ଚା (Odia script)
ꢦꢯ꣄ꢗꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖯 (Siddham script)
පශ‍්චා (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚭 (Takri script)
பஶ்சா (Tamil script)
పశ్చా (Telugu script)
ปศฺจา (Thai script)
པ་ཤྩཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčáH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /⁠pasā⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕɑː/

Adverb

पश्चा • (paścā́)

Related terms

पश्चात् (paścā́t)
पश्चिम (paścima)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: pasca- (learned)
- → Malay: pasca- (learned)
Pali: pacchā
Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (pacchā)
- Bengali: পাছা (pacha)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पश्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 110