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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रुचि (ruci).
Pronunciation
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")
- A male given name
Declension
Declension of रुचि (fem i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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रुचि
ruci
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रुचियाँ
ruciyā̃
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| oblique
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रुचि
ruci
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रुचियों
ruciyõ
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| vocative
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रुचि
ruci
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रुचियो
ruciyo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰুচি (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬸᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
- রুচি (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰲𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ရုစိ (Burmese script)
- રુચિ (Gujarati script)
- ਰੁਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦸꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂳𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ರುಚಿ (Kannada script)
- រុចិ (Khmer script)
- ຣຸຈິ (Lao script)
- രുചി (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡠᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘳𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠤᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧔𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐸𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
- ରୁଚି (Odia script)
- ꢬꢸꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆶𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖲𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
- රුචි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩒𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚰𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
- ருசி (Tamil script)
- రుచి (Telugu script)
- รุจิ (Thai script)
- རུ་ཙི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒳𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨃𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root रुच् (ruc).
Noun
रुचि • (rúci) stem, 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
Descendants
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
Adjective
रुचि • (rúci)
- pleasant, agreeable (= रुचिर (rucira))
Declension
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