मोच

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /moːt͡ʃ/

Noun

मोच • (moc) f

1. a sprain; strain

   मेरे टखने को मोच आ गई। ― mere ṭakhne ko moc ā gaī. ― I sprained my ankle.

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	मोच moc	मोचें mocẽ
oblique	मोच moc	मोचों mocõ
vocative	मोच moc	मोचो moco

Declension of मोच (fem cons-stem)

See also

• मोचना (mocnā)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• moca (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑁄𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• মোচ (Bengali script)
• මොච (Sinhalese script)
• မောစ or မေႃၸ (Burmese script)
• โมจ or โมจะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᩣᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂມຈ or ໂມຈະ (Lao script)
• មោច (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄮𑄌 (Chakma script)

Noun

मोच m

1. Devanagari script form of moca

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মোচ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᭀᬘ (Balinese script)
• মোচ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰺𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁄𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• မောစ (Burmese script)
• મોચ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੋਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍋𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂷𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೋಚ (Kannada script)
• មោច (Khmer script)
• ໂມຈ (Lao script)
• മോച (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠣᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘻𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧜𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑀𑐔 (Newa script)
• ମୋଚ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣂꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆾𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖺𑖓 (Siddham script)
• මොච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩕𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚴𑚏 (Takri script)
• மோச (Tamil script)
• మోచ (Telugu script)
• โมจ (Thai script)
• མོ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒼𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨆𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, from Malayo-Polynesian, ultimately from Proto-Trans-New Guinea *mugu.^[1] Compare Tamil மோத்தை (mōttai), Manggarai muku, Mosimo mugu.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

मोच • (moca) stem, n

1. banana

   Synonyms: वारबुषा (vārabuṣā), कदली (kadalī)

2. plantain tree

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मोच (moca)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मोचम् mocam	मोचे moce	मोचानि / मोचा¹ mocāni / mocā¹
Vocative	मोच moca	मोचे moce	मोचानि / मोचा¹ mocāni / mocā¹
Accusative	मोचम् mocam	मोचे moce	मोचानि / मोचा¹ mocāni / mocā¹
Instrumental	मोचेन mocena	मोचाभ्याम् mocābhyām	मोचैः / मोचेभिः¹ mocaiḥ / mocebhiḥ¹
Dative	मोचाय mocāya	मोचाभ्याम् mocābhyām	मोचेभ्यः mocebhyaḥ
Ablative	मोचात् mocāt	मोचाभ्याम् mocābhyām	मोचेभ्यः mocebhyaḥ
Genitive	मोचस्य mocasya	मोचयोः mocayoḥ	मोचानाम् mocānām
Locative	मोचे moce	मोचयोः mocayoḥ	मोचेषु moceṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭅𐭆 (mwc /⁠mōč⁠/) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मोच”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

1. https://www.academia.edu/25619010/Things_your_classics_master_never_told_you_a_borrowing_from_Trans_New_Guinea_languages_into_Latin