लुञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লুঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬸᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লুঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰲𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀼𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လုဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
• લુઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲੁਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑍁𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦸꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂳𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲುಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
• លុញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
• ລຸຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
• ലുഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᡠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘳𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠤᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧔𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐸𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲୁଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢸꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆶𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖲𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලුඤ්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩒𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚰𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• லுஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
• లుఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
• ลุญฺจฺ (Thai script)
• ལུ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒳𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨃𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlunč-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃runk- (“to dig out”), a nasal-infixed form of *h₃rewk- (“to dig out, till soil”). See लुञ्चति (luñcati) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /luɲt͡ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪uɲt͡ɕ/

Root

लुञ्च् • (luñc)

1. to pluck, peel

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लुञ्च् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लुञ्च् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लुञ्चति (luñcati) (Present)
• लुञ्चिष्यति (luñciṣyati) (Future)
• लुञ्चिता (luñcitā) (Periphrastic Future)
• अलुञ्चीत् (aluñcīt) (Aorist)
• लुलुञ्च (luluñca) (Perfect)

Non-Finite Forms

• लुञ्चित (luñcita) (Past Participle)
• लुञ्चित्वा (luñcitvā) (Gerund)
• लुचित्वा (lucitvā) (Gerund)
• अवलुञ्च्य (avaluñcya) (Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लुक् (luk)
• अलुञ्च (aluñca)
• कुलुञ्च (kuluñcá)
• लुञ्चक (luñcaka)
• केशलुञ्चक (keśaluñcaka)
• लुञ्चन (luñcana)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 149
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “LUÑC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 445