युक्ति
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit युक्ति (yukti).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /jʊk.t̪iː/
Noun
युक्ति • (yukti) f (rare, formal)
- joining, connection, union, combination
- application, practice, usage
- appliance, means, device
- expedient, trick, stratagem
- fitness, suitability
- dexterity, ingenuity, skill
- policy
- reasoning, argument
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | युक्ति yukti |
युक्तियाँ yuktiyā̃ |
| oblique | युक्ति yukti |
युक्तियों yuktiyõ |
| vocative | युक्ति yukti |
युक्तियो yuktiyo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “युक्ति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “युक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “युक्ति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যুক্তি (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬸᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- যুক্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ယုက္တိ (Burmese script)
- યુક્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ਯੁਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦸꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಯುಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- យុក្តិ (Khmer script)
- ຍຸກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
- യുക്തി (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᡠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠤᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଯୁକ୍ତି (Odia script)
- ꢫꢸꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- යුක්ති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- யுக்தி (Tamil script)
- యుక్తి (Telugu script)
- ยุกฺติ (Thai script)
- ཡུ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From युज् (yuj) + -ति (-ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /juk.ti/, [juk̚.ti]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /juk.t̪i/, [juk̚.t̪i]
Noun
युक्ति • (yukti) stem, f
- union, junction, connection, combination
- preparation, going to, making ready for
- application, practice, usage
- trick, contrivance, means, expedient, artifice, cunning device, magic
- reasoning, argument, proof, influence, induction, deduction from circumstances
- reason, ground, motive
- suitableness, adaptedness, fitness, propriety, correctness
- meditation on the supreme being, contemplation, union with the universal spirit
- (law) enumeration of circumstances, specification of place and time
- (rhetoric) emblematic or mystical expression of purpose
- (drama) connection of the events in a plot, concatenation of incidents, intelligent weighing of the circumstances
- (astronomy) conjunction
- (grammar) connection of words, a sentence
- connection of letters
- supplying an ellipsis
- mixture or alloying of metals
- sum, total
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) | युक्ती (yuktī) | युक्तयः (yuktayaḥ) |
| accusative | युक्तिम् (yuktim) | युक्ती (yuktī) | युक्तीः (yuktīḥ) |
| instrumental | युक्त्या (yuktyā) युक्ती¹ (yuktī¹) |
युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām) | युक्तिभिः (yuktibhiḥ) |
| dative | युक्तये (yuktaye) युक्त्यै² (yuktyai²) युक्ती¹ (yuktī¹) |
युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām) | युक्तिभ्यः (yuktibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | युक्तेः (yukteḥ) युक्त्याः² (yuktyāḥ²) युक्त्यै³ (yuktyai³) |
युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām) | युक्तिभ्यः (yuktibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | युक्तेः (yukteḥ) युक्त्याः² (yuktyāḥ²) युक्त्यै³ (yuktyai³) |
युक्त्योः (yuktyoḥ) | युक्तीनाम् (yuktīnām) |
| locative | युक्तौ (yuktau) युक्त्याम्² (yuktyām²) युक्ता¹ (yuktā¹) |
युक्त्योः (yuktyoḥ) | युक्तिषु (yuktiṣu) |
| vocative | युक्ते (yukte) | युक्ती (yuktī) | युक्तयः (yuktayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: yutti
- Ashokan Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (jutti)
- → Bengali: যুক্তি (jukti) (learned)
- → Santali: ᱡᱩᱠᱛᱤ (jukti)
- → Telugu: యుక్తి (yukti) (learned)
- → Hindi: युक्ति (yukti) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “युक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 853.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yukti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press