रुच्

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See also: रच्, रिच्, रोच, and रुचि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৰুচ্ (Assamese script)
ᬭᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
রুচ্ (Bengali script)
𑰨𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀭𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ရုစ် (Burmese script)
રુચ્ (Gujarati script)
ਰੁਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌰𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦫꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂩𑂳𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ರುಚ್ (Kannada script)
រុច៑ (Khmer script)
ຣຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
രുച് (Malayalam script)
ᡵᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
𑘨𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠷᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
𑧈𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐬𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
ରୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
ꢬꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆫𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖨𑗜𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
රුච් (Sinhalese script)
𑩼𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚤𑚰𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
ருச் (Tamil script)
రుచ్ (Telugu script)
รุจฺ (Thai script)
རུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒩𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨫𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾút͡ɕ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾut͡ɕ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rúkṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rúkš, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks, from *lewk- (“light; to be bright”). Cognate with Latin lūx, Russian луч (luč, “light”), Persian (rowšan), Old English lēoht (whence English light).

Noun

रुच् • (rúc) stem, f

light, lustre, brightness
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
splendor, beauty, loveliness
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
color, hue
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa
appearance, resemblance
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of रुच् (rúc)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रुक् rúk	रुचौ / रुचा¹ rúcau / rúcā¹	रुचः rúcaḥ
Vocative	रुक् rúk	रुचौ / रुचा¹ rúcau / rúcā¹	रुचः rúcaḥ
Accusative	रुचम् rúcam	रुचौ / रुचा¹ rúcau / rúcā¹	रुचः rúcaḥ
Instrumental	रुचा rucā́	रुग्भ्याम् rugbhyā́m	रुग्भिः rugbhíḥ
Dative	रुचे rucé	रुग्भ्याम् rugbhyā́m	रुग्भ्यः rugbhyáḥ
Ablative	रुचः rucáḥ	रुग्भ्याम् rugbhyā́m	रुग्भ्यः rugbhyáḥ
Genitive	रुचः rucáḥ	रुचोः rucóḥ	रुचाम् rucā́m
Locative	रुचि rucí	रुचोः rucóḥ	रुक्षु rukṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

रोचते (rócate)
रोच (rocá)
रोचस् (rócas)
रुच (rucá)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Alternative forms

रोच् (roc)

Root

रुच् • (ruc)

to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent
to be splendid or beautiful or good
to be agreeable to, please
to be pleased with, like
to enlighten, illuminate, make bright

Derived terms

रुक्म (rukma)
रुचि (ruci)
रुच् (ruc)
रोचते (rocate)
रोचन (rocana)
रोचस् (rocas)
रौक्म (raukma)
विरोचन (virocana)
वैरोचन (vairocana)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “रुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0881/3.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 141
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 452; 463-4

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