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): /ˈɕoː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

शोच • (śoca) stem, m (root शुच्)

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शोच (śoca)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शोचः śocaḥ	शोचौ / शोचा¹ śocau / śocā¹	शोचाः / शोचासः¹ śocāḥ / śocāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शोच śoca	शोचौ / शोचा¹ śocau / śocā¹	शोचाः / शोचासः¹ śocāḥ / śocāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शोचम् śocam	शोचौ / शोचा¹ śocau / śocā¹	शोचान् śocān
Instrumental	शोचेन śocena	शोचाभ्याम् śocābhyām	शोचैः / शोचेभिः¹ śocaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic