कूच

See also: कूर्च

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوچ (kūč).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kuːt͡ʃ/

Noun

कूच • (kūc) m (Urdu spelling کوچ)

1. departure, leaving

   Synonyms: प्रयाण (prayāṇ), रवानगी (ravāngī), प्रस्थान (prasthān)

2. (euphemistically) death

   Synonyms: परलोकयात्रा (parlokyātrā), प्रस्थान (prasthān)

   कूच कर जाना ― kūc kar jānā ― to make one's departure (literally, “to die”)

3. (military) march

Declension

Declension of कूच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कूच kūc	कूच kūc
oblique	कूच kūc	कूचों kūcõ
vocative	कूच kūc	कूचो kūco

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1960) Persian Influence on Hindi‎^[1], Allahabad, India: Bharati Press, page 26

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কূচ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬹᬘ (Balinese script)
• কূচ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰳𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀽𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• ကူစ (Burmese script)
• કૂચ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੂਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍂𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦹꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂴𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೂಚ (Kannada script)
• កូច (Khmer script)
• ກູຈ (Lao script)
• കൂച (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᡠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘴𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠤᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧕𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐹𑐔 (Newa script)
• କୂଚ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢹꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆷𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖳𑖓 (Siddham script)
• කූච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚱𑚏 (Takri script)
• கூச (Tamil script)
• కూచ (Telugu script)
• กูจ (Thai script)
• ཀཱུ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒴𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuː.t͡ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

कूच • (kūca) stem, m

1. the female breast
2. an elephant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कूच

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कूचः (kūcaḥ)	कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹)	कूचाः (kūcāḥ) कूचासः¹ (kūcāsaḥ¹)
vocative	कूच (kūca)	कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹)	कूचाः (kūcāḥ) कूचासः¹ (kūcāsaḥ¹)
accusative	कूचम् (kūcam)	कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹)	कूचान् (kūcān)
instrumental	कूचेन (kūcena)	कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām)	कूचैः (kūcaiḥ) कूचेभिः¹ (kūcebhiḥ¹)
dative	कूचाय (kūcāya)	कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām)	कूचेभ्यः (kūcebhyaḥ)
ablative	कूचात् (kūcāt)	कूचाभ्याम् (kūcābhyām)	कूचेभ्यः (kūcebhyaḥ)
genitive	कूचस्य (kūcasya)	कूचयोः (kūcayoḥ)	कूचानाम् (kūcānām)
locative	कूचे (kūce)	कूचयोः (kūcayoḥ)	कूचेषु (kūceṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कूच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 299.