រោច៑

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin roc‍
Pallava ‍

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer.

Verb

រោច៑ (roc)

  1. (intransitive) to pull back or out, to retire, to withdraw.
  2. (intransitive) to decline,(of the moon) to wane.
  3. (transitive) to extinguish, to put out; to remove.

Noun

រោច៑ (roc)

  1. the fortnight of the waning moon.
    • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 9:
      ᪥៕៧៧៩ឝកឯកាទឝីរោច៑មាឃ
      ⁕॥ 779 śaka ʼekādaś(ī) roc· māgha
      779 śaka, eleventh tithi of the waning fortnight of Magha.

Affixed forms

  • រនោច៑ (“ranoc; the waning moon”)
  • រំនោច៑ (“raṃnoc; act or fact of pulling back or out: withdrawal, retreat, removal”)

Descendants

  • Khmer: រោច (rooc)
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