चुचि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চুচি (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬸᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
- চুচি (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰲𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- စုစိ (Burmese script)
- ચુચિ (Gujarati script)
- ਚੁਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑍁𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦸꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂳𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಚುಚಿ (Kannada script)
- ចុចិ (Khmer script)
- ຈຸຈິ (Lao script)
- ചുചി (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡠᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘳𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠤᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧔𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐸𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଚୁଚି (Odia script)
- ꢗꢸꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆶𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖲𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
- චුචි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩒𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚰𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
- சுசி (Tamil script)
- చుచి (Telugu script)
- จุจิ (Thai script)
- ཙུ་ཙི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒳𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨃𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of sucking sounds; compare चूष् (cūṣ, “to suck”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”) and German Zitze (“teat”) for similar formations across Indo-European.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕu.t͡ɕi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕu.t͡ɕi/
Noun
चुचि • (cuci) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चुचिः (cuciḥ) | चुची (cucī) | चुचयः (cucayaḥ) |
| accusative | चुचिम् (cucim) | चुची (cucī) | चुचीन् (cucīn) |
| instrumental | चुचिना (cucinā) चुच्या¹ (cucyā¹) |
चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām) | चुचिभिः (cucibhiḥ) |
| dative | चुचये (cucaye) | चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām) | चुचिभ्यः (cucibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चुचेः (cuceḥ) चुच्यः¹ (cucyaḥ¹) |
चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām) | चुचिभ्यः (cucibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चुचेः (cuceḥ) चुच्यः¹ (cucyaḥ¹) |
चुच्योः (cucyoḥ) | चुचीनाम् (cucīnām) |
| locative | चुचौ (cucau) चुचा¹ (cucā¹) |
चुच्योः (cucyoḥ) | चुचिषु (cuciṣu) |
| vocative | चुचे (cuce) | चुची (cucī) | चुचयः (cucayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चुचि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-3