शोच

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोच (śoca). Related to सोच (soc, “thought”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃoːt͡ʃ/

Noun

शोच • (śoc) m (rare)

1. sorrow
2. distress, care

Declension

Declension of शोच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शोच śoc	शोच śoc
oblique	शोच śoc	शोचों śocõ
vocative	शोच śoc	शोचो śoco

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शोच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শোচ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᭀᬘ (Balinese script)
• শোচ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰺𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁄𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• ၐောစ (Burmese script)
• શોચ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੋਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍋𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂷𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೋಚ (Kannada script)
• ឝោច (Khmer script)
• ໂຨຈ (Lao script)
• ശോച (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠣᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘻𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧜𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑀𑐔 (Newa script)
• ଶୋଚ (Odia script)
• ꢯꣂꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆾𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖺𑖓 (Siddham script)
• ශොච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩕𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚴𑚏 (Takri script)
• ஶோச (Tamil script)
• శోచ (Telugu script)
• โศจ (Thai script)
• ཤོ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒼𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨆𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root शुच् (śuc) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐw.t͡ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕoː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

शोच • (śoca) stem, m (root शुच्)

1. anxiety, brooding, musing
2. consideration, reflection

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोच

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शोचः (śocaḥ)	शोचौ (śocau) शोचा¹ (śocā¹)	शोचाः (śocāḥ) शोचासः¹ (śocāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शोच (śoca)	शोचौ (śocau) शोचा¹ (śocā¹)	शोचाः (śocāḥ) शोचासः¹ (śocāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शोचम् (śocam)	शोचौ (śocau) शोचा¹ (śocā¹)	शोचान् (śocān)
instrumental	शोचेन (śocena)	शोचाभ्याम् (śocābhyām)	शोचैः (śocaiḥ) शोचेभिः¹ (śocebhiḥ¹)
dative	शोचाय (śocāya)	शोचाभ्याम् (śocābhyām)	शोचेभ्यः (śocebhyaḥ)
ablative	शोचात् (śocāt)	शोचाभ्याम् (śocābhyām)	शोचेभ्यः (śocebhyaḥ)
genitive	शोचस्य (śocasya)	शोचयोः (śocayoḥ)	शोचानाम् (śocānām)
locative	शोचे (śoce)	शोचयोः (śocayoḥ)	शोचेषु (śoceṣu)

• ¹Vedic