औत्सुक्य
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit औत्सुक्य (autsukya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɔːt̪.sʊk.jᵊ/, [ɔːt̪.s̪ʊk.jᵊ]
Noun
औत्सुक्य • (autsukya) m
- (rare, formal) keen desire, impatience, anxiety
- curiosity, interest
- Synonyms: हवस (havas), उत्सुकता (utsuktā)
Declension
Declension of औत्सुक्य (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | औत्सुक्य autsukya | औत्सुक्य autsukya |
| oblique | औत्सुक्य autsukya | औत्सुक्यों autsukyõ |
| vocative | औत्सुक्य autsukya | औत्सुक्यो autsukyo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “औत्सुक्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “औत्सुक्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “औत्सुक्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬒᬢ᭄ᬲᬸᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- ঔত্সুক্য (Assamese script)
- ঔত্সুক্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰍𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀒𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌔𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ઔત્સુક્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਔਤੑਸੁਕੑਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦎꦴꦠ꧀ꦱꦸꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
- ឳត្សុក្យ (Khmer script)
- ಔತ್ಸುಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ເອົາຕ຺ສຸກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ഔത്സുക്യ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘍𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠣᠧᠸᠠᢐᠰᠤᢉᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠣᠣᢠᠰ᠌ᡠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဪတ္သုကျ (Burmese script)
- 𑦭𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐍𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଔତ୍ସୁକ୍ଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢑꢡ꣄ꢱꢸꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆐𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖍𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ඖත්සුක්ය (Sinhalese script)
- ఔత్సుక్య (Telugu script)
- เอาตฺสุกฺย (Thai script)
- ཨཽ་ཏྶུ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒎𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Vrddhi derivative of उत्सुक (utsuka) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑːwt.suk.jɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɑwt̪ˈs̪uk.jɐ/
Noun
औत्सुक्य • (autsukya) n
- anxiety, desire, longing for, regret
- eagerness, zeal, fervour, officiousness
- impatience
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of औत्सुक्य (autsukya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | औत्सुक्यम् autsukyam | औत्सुक्ये autsukye | औत्सुक्यानि / औत्सुक्या¹ autsukyāni / autsukyā¹ |
| Vocative | औत्सुक्य autsukya | औत्सुक्ये autsukye | औत्सुक्यानि / औत्सुक्या¹ autsukyāni / autsukyā¹ |
| Accusative | औत्सुक्यम् autsukyam | औत्सुक्ये autsukye | औत्सुक्यानि / औत्सुक्या¹ autsukyāni / autsukyā¹ |
| Instrumental | औत्सुक्येन autsukyena | औत्सुक्याभ्याम् autsukyābhyām | औत्सुक्यैः / औत्सुक्येभिः¹ autsukyaiḥ / autsukyebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | औत्सुक्याय autsukyāya | औत्सुक्याभ्याम् autsukyābhyām | औत्सुक्येभ्यः autsukyebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | औत्सुक्यात् autsukyāt | औत्सुक्याभ्याम् autsukyābhyām | औत्सुक्येभ्यः autsukyebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | औत्सुक्यस्य autsukyasya | औत्सुक्ययोः autsukyayoḥ | औत्सुक्यानाम् autsukyānām |
| Locative | औत्सुक्ये autsukye | औत्सुक्ययोः autsukyayoḥ | औत्सुक्येषु autsukyeṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “औत्सुक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 237.