त्वच्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ত্বচ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢ᭄ᬯᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ত্বচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တွစ် (Burmese script)
- ત્વચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤ੍ਵਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠ꧀ꦮꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತ್ವಚ್ (Kannada script)
- ត្វច៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕ຺ວຈ຺ (Lao script)
- ത്വച് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠣᠸᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᢦᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧠𑧊𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତ୍ଵଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡ꣄ꢮꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ත්වච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- த்வச் (Tamil script)
- త్వచ్ (Telugu script)
- ตฺวจฺ (Thai script)
- ཏྭ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *twek- (“shield, skin; to cover”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σάκος (sákos, “shield”), Hittite [script needed] (tuekkaš, “body”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tʋɐ́t͡ɕ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ʋɐt͡ɕ/
Noun
त्वच् • (tvác) stem, f
- skin (of men, serpents etc.), hide (of goats, cows etc.)
- a cow's hide (used in pressing out the soma juice)
- a leather bag
- (figuratively) a cloud
- bark, rind, peel
- cinnamon, cinnamon tree
- a cover (of a horse)
- surface (of the earth)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | त्वक् (tvák) | त्वचौ (tvácau) त्वचा¹ (tvácā¹) |
त्वचः (tvácaḥ) |
| accusative | त्वचम् (tvácam) | त्वचौ (tvácau) त्वचा¹ (tvácā¹) |
त्वचः (tvácaḥ) |
| instrumental | त्वचा (tvacā́) | त्वग्भ्याम् (tvagbhyā́m) | त्वग्भिः (tvagbhíḥ) |
| dative | त्वचे (tvacé) | त्वग्भ्याम् (tvagbhyā́m) | त्वग्भ्यः (tvagbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | त्वचः (tvacáḥ) | त्वग्भ्याम् (tvagbhyā́m) | त्वग्भ्यः (tvagbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | त्वचः (tvacáḥ) | त्वचोः (tvacóḥ) | त्वचाम् (tvacā́m) |
| locative | त्वचि (tvací) | त्वचोः (tvacóḥ) | त्वक्षु (tvakṣú) |
| vocative | त्वक् (tvák) | त्वचौ (tvácau) त्वचा¹ (tvácā¹) |
त्वचः (tvácaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Root
त्वच् • (tvac)
- to cover
Derived terms
- त्वचति (tvacati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “त्वच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0463/3.