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)
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)
vocative	कूच (kūca)	कूचौ (kūcau) कूचा¹ (kūcā¹)	कूचाः (kūcāḥ) कूचासः¹ (kūcāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

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