रुचि
Hindi
Noun
रुचि • (ruci) f
- interest, taste (something that one is interested in)
- मेरे भाई की रुचि साहित्य में है ― mere bhāī kī ruci sāhitya mẽ hai ― My brother has an interest in literature (lit. "the interest of my brother is in literature")
Sanskrit
Etymology
From रुच् (ruc)
Noun
रुचि • (rúci) f
- light, lustre, splendour, beauty
- colour
- liking, taste, relish, pleasure, appetite, zest
- (at the end of a compound) taking pleasure in, desirous of, longing for; with locative, प्रति (prati) infinitive or compound
- ruciṃ-√dā or rucaye-√bhū — to please
- rucim ā-√vah, with datative — to excite a desire for
- रुच्या (rucyā) or स्वरुच्या (sva-rucyā) — at pleasure, at will
- a kind of coitus
- a kind of pigment (= रोचना (rocanā))
- name of an Apsaras
- name of the wife of Devaśarman
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of रुचि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | रुचिः (ruciḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | रुच्याः / रुचेः (rucyāḥ / ruceḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रुचिः (ruciḥ) | रुची (rucī) | रुचयः (rucayaḥ) |
| Vocative | रुचे (ruce) | रुची (rucī) | रुचयः (rucayaḥ) |
| Accusative | रुचिम् (rucim) | रुची (rucī) | रुचीः (rucīḥ) |
| Instrumental | रुच्या (rucyā) | रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām) | रुचिभिः (rucibhiḥ) |
| Dative | रुच्यै / रुचये (rucyai / rucaye) | रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām) | रुचिभ्यः (rucibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | रुच्याः / रुचेः (rucyāḥ / ruceḥ) | रुचिभ्याम् (rucibhyām) | रुचिभ्यः (rucibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | रुच्याः / रुचेः (rucyāḥ / ruceḥ) | रुच्योः (rucyoḥ) | रुचीनाम् (rucīnām) |
| Locative | रुच्याम् / रुचौ (rucyām / rucau) | रुच्योः (rucyoḥ) | रुचिषु (ruciṣu) |
Descendants
- Telugu: రుచి (ruci)
Proper noun
रुचि • (rúci) f
- name of a Prajā-pati (the husband of Ākūti and father of Yajña or Su-yajña and of Manu Raucya)
- name of a son of Viśvāmitra
- name of a king
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “रुचि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0882.
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