उच्चैस्

Sanskrit
FWOTD – 9 December 2018

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬉᬘ᭄ᬘᬿᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • উচ্চৈস্ (Assamese script)
  • উচ্চৈস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰹𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁃𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑍈𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ઉચ્ચૈસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਉਚੑਚੈਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦈꦕ꧀ꦕꦻꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ឧច្ចៃស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಉಚ್ಚೈಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • ອຸຈ຺ໄຈສ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഉച്ചൈസ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘺𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠤᢋᢋᠧᠧᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡠᢜᢜᠠᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • ဥစ္စဲသ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧛𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐿𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଉଚ୍ଚୈସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢆꢗ꣄ꢗꣀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆽𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖹𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • උච්චෛස් (Sinhalese script)
  • ఉచ్చైస్ (Telugu script)
  • อุจฺไจสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨུ་ཙྩཻ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒻𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From उच्च (ucca, “high”).

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ut.t͡ɕɑ́ːjs/, [ut̚.t͡ɕɑ́ːjs]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈut̪.t͡ɕɑjs̪/, [ˈut̪̚.t͡ɕɑjs̪]

Adverb

उच्चैस् • (uccaís)

  1. (sometimes used adjectivally) high, above, aloft; upwards
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.1.3:
      प्र यो जज्ञे विद्वान् अस्य बन्धुर्विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ।
      ब्रह्म ब्रह्मण उज्जभार मध्यान् निचैरुच्चैः स्वधा अभि प्र तस्थौ ॥
      pra yo jajñe vidvān asya bandhurviśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti .
      brahma brahmaṇa ujjabhāra madhyān nicairuccaiḥ svadhā abhi pra tasthau .
      He who was born as his all-knowing kinsman declareth all the deities' generations.
      He from the midst of prayer his prayer hath taken. On high, below, spread forth his godlike nature.
  2. intensely, powerfully
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