भरुकच्छ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बृगुकच्छ (bṛgukaccha), मरुकच्छ (marukaccha)

Etymology

Seemingly from भरु (bharu, “sea”) +‎ कच्छ (kaccha, “shore”), but the first element may be non-Indic; compare the alternative form मरुकच्छ (marukaccha). The form भृगुकच्छ (bhṛgukaccha) is folk-etymological.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɾuˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [bʱɐ.ɾuˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]

Proper noun

भरुकच्छ • (bharukaccha) stem, m

1. An ancient Indian polity (janapada) located near modern Bharuch.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भरुकच्छ (bharukaccha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भरुकच्छः bharukacchaḥ	भरुकच्छौ / भरुकच्छा¹ bharukacchau / bharukacchā¹	भरुकच्छाः / भरुकच्छासः¹ bharukacchāḥ / bharukacchāsaḥ¹
Vocative	भरुकच्छ bharukaccha	भरुकच्छौ / भरुकच्छा¹ bharukacchau / bharukacchā¹	भरुकच्छाः / भरुकच्छासः¹ bharukacchāḥ / bharukacchāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भरुकच्छम् bharukaccham	भरुकच्छौ / भरुकच्छा¹ bharukacchau / bharukacchā¹	भरुकच्छान् bharukacchān
Instrumental	भरुकच्छेन bharukacchena	भरुकच्छाभ्याम् bharukacchābhyām	भरुकच्छैः / भरुकच्छेभिः¹ bharukacchaiḥ / bharukacchebhiḥ¹
Dative	भरुकच्छाय bharukacchāya	भरुकच्छाभ्याम् bharukacchābhyām	भरुकच्छेभ्यः bharukacchebhyaḥ
Ablative	भरुकच्छात् bharukacchāt	भरुकच्छाभ्याम् bharukacchābhyām	भरुकच्छेभ्यः bharukacchebhyaḥ
Genitive	भरुकच्छस्य bharukacchasya	भरुकच्छयोः bharukacchayoḥ	भरुकच्छानाम् bharukacchānām
Locative	भरुकच्छे bharukacche	भरुकच्छयोः bharukacchayoḥ	भरुकच्छेषु bharukaccheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀪𑀭𑀼𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (*bharukaccha)
  • Prakrit: 𑀪𑀭𑀼𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (bharuaccha), *𑀪𑀭𑀼𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙 (*bharugaccha)
    • Gujarati: ભરૂચ (bharūc)
      • → Hindi: भरूच (bharūc)
      • → English: Bharuch, Broach
    • → Ancient Greek: Βαρύγαζα (Barúgaza), Βαργοσα (Bargosa)
      • → Latin: Barygaza
• Pali: Bharukaccha
• →⇒ Middle Chinese: 跋祿羯呫婆 (MC bat luwk kjot thep ba)

References

• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भरुकच्छ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bharukaccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 535