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): /uˈʋɑː.t͡ɕɐ/

Verb

उवाच • (uvā́ca) third-singular indicative (type UP, perfect, root वच्)

1. perfect of वच् (vac, “to say, speak”)

Conjugation

Perfect: उवाच (uvā́ca), ऊचे (ūcé)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	उवाच uvā́ca	ऊचतुः ūcátuḥ	ऊचुः ūcúḥ	ऊचे ūcé	ऊचाते ūcā́te	ऊचिरे ūciré
Second	उवक्थ / उवचिथ¹ uváktha / uvácitha¹	ऊचथुः ūcáthuḥ	ऊच ūcá	ऊचिषे ūciṣé	ऊचाथे ūcā́the	ऊचिध्वे ūcidhvé
First	उवच / उवाच¹ uváca / uvā́ca¹	ऊचिव ūcivá	ऊचिम ūcimá	ऊचे ūcé	ऊचिवहे ūciváhe	ऊचिमहे ūcimáhe
Participles
	ऊचिवांस् ūcivā́ṃs			ऊचान 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