लुञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

লুঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
ᬮᬸᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
লুঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰲𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
လုဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
લુઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
ਲੁਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌲𑍁𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦭꦸꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂪𑂳𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಲುಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
លុញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
ລຸຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
ലുഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
ᠯᡠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
𑘩𑘳𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠯᠤᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
𑧉𑧔𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐸𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
ଲୁଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
ꢭꢸꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆶𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖲𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
ලුඤ්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
𑩽𑩒𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚥𑚰𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
லுஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
లుఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
ลุญฺจฺ (Thai script)
ལུ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒳𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨬𑨃𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlunč-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃runk- (“to dig out”), a nasal-infixed form of *h₃rewk- (“to dig out, till soil”). See लुञ्चति (luñcati) for more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /luɲt͡ɕ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪uɲt͡ɕ/

Root

लुञ्च् • (luñc)

to pluck, peel

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

लुञ्चति (luñcati, present)
लुञ्चिष्यति (luñciṣyati, future)
लुञ्चिता (luñcitā, periphrastic future)
अलुञ्चीत् (aluñcīt, aorist)
लुलुञ्च (luluñca, perfect)

Non-finite forms

लुञ्चित (luñcita, past participle)
लुञ्चित्वा (luñcitvā, gerund)
लुचित्वा (lucitvā, gerund)
अवलुञ्च्य (avaluñcya, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

लुक् (luk)
अलुञ्च (aluñca)
कु॒लु॒ञ्च (kuluñcá)
लुञ्चक (luñcaka)
केशलुञ्चक (keśaluñcaka)
लुञ्चन (luñcana)

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

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

References

William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 149

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “LUÑC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 445