उवाच

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

ववाच (vavā́ca) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

উৱাচ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬯᬵᬘ (Balinese script)
উবাচ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰪𑰯𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀯𑀸𑀘 (Brahmi script)
ဥဝါစ (Burmese script)
ઉવાચ (Gujarati script)
ਉਵਾਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦮꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂫𑂰𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಉವಾಚ (Kannada script)
ឧវាច (Khmer script)
ອຸວາຈ (Lao script)
ഉവാച (Malayalam script)
ᡠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘪𑘰𑘓 (Modi script)
ᠤᠸᠠᢗᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑧊𑧑𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐰𑐵𑐔 (Newa script)
ଉଵାଚ (Odia script)
ꢆꢮꢵꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆮𑆳𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖪𑖯𑖓 (Siddham script)
උවාච (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩾𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚦𑚭𑚏 (Takri script)
உவாச (Tamil script)
ఉవాచ (Telugu script)
อุวาจ (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཝཱ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒫𑒰𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨭𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From earlier ववाच (vavā́ca), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wawā́ća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wawā́ča, from Proto-Indo-European *we-wókʷ-e ~ *we-wkʷ-ḗr.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ʋɑ́ː.t͡ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.ʋɑː.t͡ɕɐ/

Verb

उ॒वाच॑ • (uvā́ca) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root वच्)

perfect of वच् (vac, “to say, speak”)

Conjugation

Perfect: उ॒वाच॑ (uvā́ca), ऊ॒चे (ūcé)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	उ॒वाच॑ uvā́ca	ऊ॒चतुः॑ ūcátuḥ	ऊ॒चुः ūcúḥ	ऊ॒चे ūcé	ऊ॒चाते॑ ūcā́te	ऊ॒चि॒रे ūciré
Second	उ॒वक्थ॑ / उ॒वचि॑थ¹ uváktha / uvácitha¹	ऊ॒चथुः॑ ūcáthuḥ	ऊ॒च ūcá	ऊ॒चि॒षे ūciṣé	ऊ॒चाथे॑ ūcā́the	ऊ॒चि॒ध्वे ūcidhvé
First	उ॒वच॑ / उ॒वाच॑¹ uváca / uvā́ca¹	ऊ॒चि॒व ūcivá	ऊ॒चि॒म ūcimá	ऊ॒चे ūcé	ऊ॒चि॒वहे॑ ūciváhe	ऊ॒चि॒महे॑ ūcimáhe
Participles
	ऊ॒चि॒वांस् ūcivā́ṃs			ऊ॒चा॒न ūcāná
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 673
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2000), Das Perfekt im Indoiranischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 441-4