उच्चैस्
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 9 December 2018
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উচ্চৈস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬘ᭄ᬘᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- উচ্চৈস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဥစ္စဲသ် (Burmese script)
- ઉચ્ચૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਚ੍ਚੈਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦕ꧀ꦕꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂶𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಚ್ಚೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឧច្ចៃស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຸຈ຺ໄຈສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഉച്ചൈസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢜᢜᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢋᢋᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଉଚ୍ଚୈସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢗ꣄ꢗꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- උච්චෛස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩗𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚳𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- உச்சைஸ் (Tamil script)
- ఉచ్చైస్ (Telugu script)
- อุจฺไจสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ཙྩཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨇𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Pluralized form of उच्चा (uccā́), interpreted as instrumental singular.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ut.t͡ɕɑ́ːjs/, [ut̚.t͡ɕɑ́ːjs]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ut̪.t͡ɕɑjs̪/, [ut̪̚.t͡ɕɑjs̪]
Adverb
उच्चैस् • (uccáis)[2]
- (sometimes used adjectivally) high, above, aloft; upwards
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.1.3:
- प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर्विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ।
ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण उज्जभार मध्यान् निचैरुच्चैः स्वधा अभि प्र तस्थौ ॥- pra yo jajñe vidvān asya bandhurviśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti.
brahma brahmaṇa ujjabhāra madhyān nicairuccaiḥ svadhā abhi pra tasthau. - He who was born as his all-knowing kinsman declareth all the deities' generations.
He from the midst of prayer his prayer hath taken. On high, below, spread forth his godlike nature.
- pra yo jajñe vidvān asya bandhurviśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti.
- प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर्विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ।
- intensely, powerfully
Derived terms
- उच्चैःश्रवस् (uccaiḥśravas)
- उच्चैर्घोष (uccáirghoṣa)
- उच्चैस्तमाम् (uccaistamām)
- उच्चैस्तराम् (uccaistarām)
- उच्चैस्त्व (uccaistva)
References
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 826
- ^ Monier Williams (1899), “उच्चैस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 173, column 1.