सच्

सच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সচ্ (Assamese script)
• সচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• સચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• សច៑ (Khmer script)
• ಸಚ್ (Kannada script)
• ສຈ຺ (Lao script)
• സച് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
• သစ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସଚ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සච් (Sinhalese script)
• సచ్ (Telugu script)
• สจฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐt͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐt͡ɕ/

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

• सचते (sácate)
• सखा (sákhā)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 402
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 525
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0897