कुच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কুচ্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
কুচ্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကုစ် (Burmese script)
કુચ્ (Gujarati script)
ਕੁਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂳𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕುಚ್ (Kannada script)
កុច៑ (Khmer script)
ກຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
കുച് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
କୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖲𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
කුච් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚰𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
குச் (Tamil script)
కుచ్ (Telugu script)
กุจฺ (Thai script)
ཀུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend”). Related to Proto-Slavic *kuka (“hook”) and Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, whence English high.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kut͡ɕ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kut͡ɕ/

Root

कुच् • (kuc)

to shrink, curl

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

कोचति (kocati, present)
कुञ्चते (kuñcate, present)
कुचति (kucati, present)
कुञ्चिष्यति (kuñciṣyati, future)
कोचिष्यति (kociṣyati, future)
कुञ्चिता (kuñcitā, periphrastic future)
कोचिता (kocitā, periphrastic future)
अकुञ्चीत् (akuñcīt, aorist)
अकोचीत् (akocīt, aorist)
चुकोच (cukoca, perfect)
चुकुञ्च (cukuñca, perfect)

Secondary forms

कुच्यते (kucyate, passive)
कुञ्चयति (kuñcayati, causative)
कोचयति (kocayati, causative)
चुकुञ्चिषति (cukuñciṣati, desiderative)
चोकुच्यते (cokucyate, intensive)

Derived nominal forms

कुच (kuca)
कुचन (kucana)
कुञ्चक (kuñcaka)
कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā)
कुञ्चन (kuñcana)
कुञ्चि (kuñci)
कोच (koca)
कोचक (kocaka)
कोचिन् (kocin)
कोचन (kocana)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कुच् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root कुच् (1 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 19