उच्चैस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 9 December 2018

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উচ্চৈস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬘ᭄ᬘᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• উচ্চৈস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဥစ္စဲသ် (Burmese script)
• ઉચ્ચૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਚ੍ਚੈਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦕ꧀ꦕꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂶𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಚ್ಚೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឧច្ចៃស៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຈ຺ໄຈສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഉച്ചൈസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢜᢜᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢋᢋᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଉଚ୍ଚୈସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢗ꣄ꢗꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• උච‍්චෛස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩗𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚳𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• உச்சைஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఉచ్చైస్ (Telugu script)
• อุจฺไจสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཙྩཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨇𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उच्च (ucca, “high”).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

उच्चैस् • (uccaís)

1. (sometimes used adjectivally) high, above, aloft; upwards
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.1.3:

     प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर्विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ।
     ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण उज्जभार मध्यान् निचैरुच्चैः स्वधा अभि प्र तस्थौ ॥

     pra yo jajñe vidvān asya bandhurviśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti.
     brahma brahmaṇa ujjabhāra madhyān nicairuccaiḥ svadhā abhi pra tasthau.

     He who was born as his all-knowing kinsman declareth all the deities' generations.
     He from the midst of prayer his prayer hath taken. On high, below, spread forth his godlike nature.

2. intensely, powerfully