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)
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)
vocative	शोच (śoca)	शोचौ (śocau) शोचा¹ (śocā¹)	शोचाः (śocāḥ) शोचासः¹ (śocāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic