सिच्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬶᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সিচ্ (Assamese script)
- সিচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰰𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑌿𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સિચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਿਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦶꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- សិច៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸಿಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ສິຈ຺ (Lao script)
- സിച് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘱𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢈᢋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
- သိစ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧒𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐶𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସିଚ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢶꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆴𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖰𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සිච් (Sinhalese script)
- సిచ్ (Telugu script)
- สิจฺ (Thai script)
- སི་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒱𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to spill, pour; moisten, filter”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἰκμᾰ́ς (ikmás, “moisture, wetness”), Proto-Slavic *sьcati (“to piss”); Proto-Germanic *saiwiz whence English sea.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sit͡ɕ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪it͡ɕ/
Root
सिच् • (sic)
- to pour out, discharge, emit, shed
- to sprinkle, moisten with
- to dip, soak
Derived terms
- सिञ्चति (siñcáti)
- सेचते (sécate)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “सिच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1214.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 186
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “सिच्”, 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
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सिच्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- 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 393
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 523
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0893