ओछा
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit उच्छ (uccha, “low, mean”) via later *ओच्छ (ŏccha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /oː.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [oː.t͡ʃʰäː]
Adjective
ओछा • (ochā) (Urdu spelling اوچھا)
- mean, lowly
- Synonym: नीच (nīc)
- 1498 – 1546, Mirabai:
- नीचे कुल ओछी जात, अति ही कुचीलणी।
- nīce kul ochī jāt, ati hī kucīlṇī.
- Lowly lineage, mean caste, very dirtily-clothed.
- नीचे कुल ओछी जात, अति ही कुचीलणी।
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | ओछा ochā |
ओछे oche |
ओछी ochī |
ओछी ochī |
| oblique | ओछे oche |
ओछे oche |
ओछी ochī |
ओछी ochī |
| vocative | ओछे oche |
ओछे oche |
ओछी ochī |
ओछी ochī |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ओछा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ōccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press