# अर्च्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ऋच् (ṛc)

### Alternative scripts

* অৰ্চ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬃᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
* অর্চ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* အရ်္စ် (Burmese script)
* અર્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਰ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦂꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಅರ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
* អច៌៑ (Khmer script)
* ອຣ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
* അര്ച് (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡵᢜ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠷᢋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଅର୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢬ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
* අර්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
* அர்ச் (Tamil script)
* అర్చ్ (Telugu script)
* อรฺจฺ (Thai script)
* ཨ་རྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hark-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erkʷ- (“to praise”). See ऋच् (ṛc) for more.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐɾt͡ɕ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɾt͡ɕ/

### Root

अर्च् • (arc)
* to praise
* to shine

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* अर्चति (árcati, Present)
* अर्चिष्यति (arciṣyáti, Future)
* आर्चीत् (ārcīt, Aorist)
* आनर्च (ānárca, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* ऋच्यते (ṛcyáte, Passive)
* अर्चयति (arcáyati, Causative)
* आर्चिचत् (ārcicat, Causative Aorist)
* अर्च्यते (arcyate, Passive of Causative)
* अर्चिचिषति (arciciṣati, Desiderative)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* अर्चित (arcita, Past Participle)
* अर्चितुम् (arcitum, Infinitive)
* ऋचसे (ṛcáse, Infinitive)
* अर्चित्वा (arcitvā, Gerund)
* अर्च्य (arcya, Gerund)
* अर्च्य (arcya, Gerundive)
* अर्चनीय (arcanīya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* अर्क (arká, “flash of lightning; hymn”)
* अर्च् (árc, “shining, brilliant”)
* अर्चक (arcaka, “honoring, worshipping”)
* अर्चन (arcana, “homage”)
* अर्चा (arcā́, “worship; idol”)
* अर्चि (arcí, “ray, flame”)
* अर्चितृ (arcitṛ, “worshipper”)
* अर्चिस् (arcís, “ray of light”)
* ऋक्व (ṛkvá, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
* ऋक्वन् (ṛ́kvan, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
* ऋच् (ṛ́c, “praise, verse”)
* तृच (tṛcá, “three-verse strophe”)
* सुवृक्ति (suvṛktí, “excellent (hymn of) praise”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अभ्यर्च् (abhyarc)
* प्रत्यर्च् (pratyarc)
* प्रार्च् (prārc)
* समर्च् (samarc)

### Adjective

अर्च् • (árc) stem
* shining, brilliant

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अर्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 89, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “arc”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ARC”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 114-5
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 240-1