रोचस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোচস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬘᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• রোচস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰓𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀘𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ရောစသ် (Burmese script)
• રોચસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਚਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌚𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦕꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂒𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಚಸ್ (Kannada script)
• រោចស៑ (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຈສ຺ (Lao script)
• രോചസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᢜᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘓𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑦳𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐔𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ରୋଚସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢗꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆖𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖓𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• රොචස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑩡𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚏𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரோசஸ் (Tamil script)
• రోచస్ (Telugu script)
• โรจสฺ (Thai script)
• རོ་ཙ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒔𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨣𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *léwk-os, from *lewk- (“to shine”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah), Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h /⁠raucah⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ́w.t͡ɕɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.t͡ɕɐs̪/

Noun

रोचस् • (rócas) stem, n (root रुच्)

1. light, lustre

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of रोचस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रोचः (rócaḥ)	रोचसी (rócasī)	रोचांसि (rócāṃsi)
vocative	रोचः (rócaḥ)	रोचसी (rócasī)	रोचांसि (rócāṃsi)
accusative	रोचः (rócaḥ)	रोचसी (rócasī)	रोचांसि (rócāṃsi)
instrumental	रोचसा (rócasā)	रोचोभ्याम् (rócobhyām)	रोचोभिः (rócobhiḥ)
dative	रोचसे (rócase)	रोचोभ्याम् (rócobhyām)	रोचोभ्यः (rócobhyaḥ)
ablative	रोचसः (rócasaḥ)	रोचोभ्याम् (rócobhyām)	रोचोभ्यः (rócobhyaḥ)
genitive	रोचसः (rócasaḥ)	रोचसोः (rócasoḥ)	रोचसाम् (rócasām)
locative	रोचसि (rócasi)	रोचसोः (rócasoḥ)	रोचःसु (rócaḥsu)

Related terms

• रोचते (rócate)
• रोच (rocá)
• रोक (roká)
• लोक (loká)
• लोचन (locaná)
• रोचन (rocaná)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोचस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 889, column 1.