सच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to follow). Cognate with Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (haxamaniš, friendly mannered (the ruler Achaemenes)), Latin sequor (follow) whence English sequence etc., Latin socius, Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (warrior, retainer).

Pronunciation

Root

सच् • (sac)

  1. to be associated with, familiar with, have to do with
  2. to belong to, be attached to
  3. to follow, seek, serve, pursue
  4. to accompany, adhere

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1130.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 182
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सच्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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