उच्चा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উচ্চা (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬘ᭄ᬘᬵ (Balinese script)
• উচ্চা (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဥစ္စာ (Burmese script)
• ઉચ્ચા (Gujarati script)
• ਉਚ੍ਚਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦕ꧀ꦕꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಚ್ಚಾ (Kannada script)
• ឧច្ចា (Khmer script)
• ອຸຈ຺ຈາ (Lao script)
• ഉച്ചാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢜᢜᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢋᢋᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଉଚ୍ଚା (Odia script)
• ꢆꢗ꣄ꢗꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖯 (Siddham script)
• උච‍්චා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚭 (Takri script)
• உச்சா (Tamil script)
• ఉచ్చా (Telugu script)
• อุจฺจา (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཙྩཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *utˢčáH, from Proto-Indo-European *úds-kʷeh₁. Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬯𐬗𐬀 (usca) and Latin ūsque.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.t͡ɕɑ́ː/, [ut̚.t͡ɕɑ́ː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.t͡ɕɑː/, [ˈut̪̚.t͡ɕɑː]

Adverb

उच्चा • (uccā́)

1. above, upwards
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Descendants

• Pali: ucca
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘 (ucca)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਉੱਚਾ (uccā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उच्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0173/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 99