उच्च

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊt̪t͡ʃ/, [ʊ(t̚)t͡ʃ]

उच्च • (ucc) (indeclinable, comparative उच्चतर, superlative उच्चतम)

1. high, lofty

   तुम्हारे विचार बहुत उच्च है।

   tumhāre vicār bahut ucc hai.

   You have lofty ideas.

2. loud

• ऊंचा (ūñcā)

Borrowed from Sanskrit उच्च (ucca).

उच्च • (ucca)

1. high, tall, lofty

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

उच्च

1. Devanagari script form of ucca

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ut.t͡ɕɐ/, [ut̚.t͡ɕɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈut̪.t͡ɕɐ/, [ˈut̪̚.t͡ɕɐ]

उच्च • (ucca)

1. high, elevated
2. tall (MBh., Kum., Śiś., Kathās., etc.)
3. deep (Caurap.)
4. loud (Bhartṛ., VarBṛS.)
5. pronounced with udātta accent (RPrāt., VPrāt., etc.)
6. intense, violent (R.)

उच्च • (ucca) stem, m

1. height (MBh.)
2. apex of a planet's orbit (R., etc.)

• 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 (uca), ଉଞ୍ଚା (uñca)
  • 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 (uceiba)
  • 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)

• 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