शौच

शौच

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शौच (śauca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːt͡ʃ/

Noun

शौच • (śauc) m

1. purification, cleansing
2. defecation

Declension

Declension of शौच
	Singular	Plural
Direct	शौच (śauc)	शौच (śauc)
Oblique	शौच (śauc)	शौचों (śaucõ)
Vocative	शौच (śauc)	शौचो (śauco)

Derived terms

• शौचालय (śaucālay)

References

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