# उच्च
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उच्च (ucca). Doublet of ऊँचा (ū̃cā), a tadbhava.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʊt̪t͡ʃ/, [ʊ(t̚)t͡ʃ]

### Adjective

उच्च • (ucc) (indeclinable, comparative उच्चतर, superlative उच्चतम)
* high, lofty
    तुम्हारे विचार बहुत उच्च है।tumhāre vicār bahut ucc hai.You have lofty ideas.
* loud

#### Synonyms

* ऊंचा (ūñcā)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उच्च (ucca).

### Adjective

उच्च • (ucca)
* high, tall, lofty

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “उच्च”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उच्च”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ucca (Latin script)
* 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘 (Brahmi script)
* উচ্চ (Bengali script)
* උච‍්ච (Sinhalese script)
* ဥစ္စ or ဢုၸ္ၸ or ဢုၸ်ၸ (Burmese script)
* อุจฺจ or อุจจะ (Thai script)
* ᩏᨧ᩠ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຸຈ຺ຈ or ອຸຈຈະ (Lao script)
* ឧច្ច (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄪𑄌𑄴𑄌 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

उच्च
* Devanagari script form of ucca

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* উচ্চ (Assamese script)
* ᬉᬘ᭄ᬘ (Balinese script)
* উচ্চ (Bengali script)
* 𑰄𑰓𑰿𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘 (Brahmi script)
* ဥစ္စ (Burmese script)
* ઉચ્ચ (Gujarati script)
* ਉਚ੍ਚ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦕ꧀ꦕ (Javanese script)
* 𑂇𑂒𑂹𑂒 (Kaithi script)
* ಉಚ್ಚ (Kannada script)
* ឧច្ច (Khmer script)
* ອຸຈ຺ຈ (Lao script)
* ഉച്ച (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᢜᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘄𑘓𑘿𑘓 (Modi script)
* ᠤᢋᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦤𑦳𑧠𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐄𑐔𑑂𑐔 (Newa script)
* ଉଚ୍ଚ (Odia script)
* ꢆꢗ꣄ꢗ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆇𑆖𑇀𑆖 (Sharada script)
* 𑖄𑖓𑖿𑖓 (Siddham script)
* උච‍්ච (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩡 𑪙𑩡 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚄𑚏𑚶𑚏 (Takri script)
* உச்ச (Tamil script)
* ఉచ్చ (Telugu script)
* อุจฺจ (Thai script)
* ཨུ་ཙྩ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒅𑒔𑓂𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨣𑩇𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From उच्चा (uccā́); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úds-kʷeh₁.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ut.t͡ɕɐ́/, [ut̚.t͡ɕɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈut̪.t͡ɕɐ/, [ˈut̪̚.t͡ɕɐ]

### Adjective

उच्च • (uccá) stem
* high, elevated
* tall
* deep (Caurap.)
* loud (Bhartṛ., VarBṛS.)
* intense, violent

#### Declension
### Noun

उच्च • (uccá) stem, m
* height (MBh.)
* apex of a planet's orbit (R., etc.)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kamkata-viri: učat
* Pali: ucca, uccaka
* Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘 (ucca), 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸 (uccā)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ઊંચું (ū̃cũ)
**** Hindustani: ū̃c
***** Devanagari script: ऊँच
***** Arabic script: اُوںچ
**** Romani: vučo, učo
**** Welsh Romani: ručō
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Bengali: উচ (uc)
**** Bihari: ऊँच
***** Bhojpuri: ऊँच (ū̃c)
***** Maithili: ऊञ्च (ūñca)
**** Odia: ଉଚା (ucā), ଉଞ୍ଚା (uñcā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: ऊँचो (ū̃co), ऊँच (ū̃ċ)
**** Eastern:
***** Nepali: उँच (ũc)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: उचो (uco)
***** Pangwali: उच्चा (uccā)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: උස (usa)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: उंच (uñca), उंचा (uñcā)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: ucc, uccā, ucerā
    Gurmukhi script: ਉੱਚ, ਉੱਚਾ, ਉਚੇਰਾ
    Shahmukhi script: اُچّ, اُچَّا, اُچیرَا
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi: uco
    Arabic script: اُچو
    Devanagari script: उचो
***** Jadgali: [script needed] (uchṭā), [script needed] (úkkhəḷnõ), [script needed] (cakṇu)
***** Kachchi: ઔચોં (aucõ)
* Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀯𑁂𑀇 (uccāvei)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: ucānā
***** Hindi: उचाना
***** Urdu: اُچَانَا
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Bengali: উঁচান (ũcan)
**** Odia: ଉଚେଇବା (uceibā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: उचउणो (ucauṇo)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: उचाणु (ucāṇu)
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: उंचावणे (uñcāvṇe)
* Prakrit: *𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*uccakka)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ઊંચકવું (ū̃cakvũ)
**** Hindustani: ucakkā, ucaknā
***** Hindi: उचक्का, उचकना
***** Urdu: اُچَکَّا, اُچَکنَا
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Bihari:
***** Maithili: उचक्का (ucakkā)
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: उचकणे (ucakṇe)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: ucakkā, uckaṇā
    Gurmukhi script: ਉਚੱਕਾ, ਉਚਕਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: اُچَکَّا, اُچکݨَا
***** Lahnda: اچکا (ucakkā)
* Prakrit: *𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀮 (*uccala)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: উচলা (usola)
* → Hindi: उच्च (ucc)
* → Marathi: उच्च (ucca)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “उच्च”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0172/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 99
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ucca”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 74