पश्चा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /⁠pasā⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɕ.t͡ɕɑː/

Adverb

पश्चा • (paścā)

1. behind
2. after, later
3. westward

Related terms

• पश्चात् (paścāt)
• पश्चिम (paścima)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pasca- (learned)
  • → Malay: pasca- (learned)
• Pali: pacchā
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (pacchā)
  • Bengali: পাছা (pacha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पश्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 110