बुद्धि

See also: बुद्ध and बुद्धू

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (búddhi), from the root verb बुध् (budh, “to understand, comprehend”). Cognate with Marathi बुद्धी (buddhī).

बुद्धि • (buddhi) f (Urdu spelling بدھی)

intelligence
उसकी बुद्धि की हीनता बहुत प्रकट है।
uskī buddhi kī hīntā bahut prakaṭ hai.
His lack of intelligence is very apparent.

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बुद्धि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884. [1]

बुद्धि (buddhi) (classifier खान, uncountable)

Alternative scripts

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *búddʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúdᶻdʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúdʰtis, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬌 (busti), Ancient Greek πῠ́στῐς (pŭ́stĭs), Lithuanian bùsti. Equivalent to बुध् (budh, root) +‎ -ति (-ti).

बुद्धि • (búddhi) stem, f

intelligence (the power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions)
information; knowledge
- c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa 2:
  बुद्धिर् यस्य बलं तस्य
  buddhir yasya balaṃ tasya
  "whose knowledge, his power"; knowledge is power
reason; understanding
intellect
mind
discernment; judgment
intention; purpose

Feminine i-stem declension of बुद्धि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बुद्धिः (búddhiḥ)	बुद्धी (búddhī)	बुद्धयः (búddhayaḥ)
accusative	बुद्धिम् (búddhim)	बुद्धी (búddhī)	बुद्धीः (búddhīḥ)
instrumental	बुद्ध्या (búddhyā) बुद्धी¹ (búddhī¹)	बुद्धिभ्याम् (búddhibhyām)	बुद्धिभिः (búddhibhiḥ)
dative	बुद्धये (búddhaye) बुद्ध्यै² (búddhyai²) बुद्धी¹ (búddhī¹)	बुद्धिभ्याम् (búddhibhyām)	बुद्धिभ्यः (búddhibhyaḥ)
ablative	बुद्धेः (búddheḥ) बुद्ध्याः² (búddhyāḥ²) बुद्ध्यै³ (búddhyai³)	बुद्धिभ्याम् (búddhibhyām)	बुद्धिभ्यः (búddhibhyaḥ)
genitive	बुद्धेः (búddheḥ) बुद्ध्याः² (búddhyāḥ²) बुद्ध्यै³ (búddhyai³)	बुद्ध्योः (búddhyoḥ)	बुद्धीनाम् (búddhīnām)
locative	बुद्धौ (búddhau) बुद्ध्याम्² (búddhyām²) बुद्धा¹ (búddhā¹)	बुद्ध्योः (búddhyoḥ)	बुद्धिषु (búddhiṣu)
vocative	बुद्धे (búddhe)	बुद्धी (búddhī)	बुद्धयः (búddhayaḥ)

Borrowed words

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “बुद्धिः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Monier Williams (1899) “Buddhi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 733/3.
“बुद्धि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 365, column 1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “buddhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 525