रुच्

See also: रच्, रिच्, रोच, and रुचि

Sanskrit

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)
𑖨𑖲𑖓𑖿 (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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾut͡ɕ/

Etymology 1

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. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.65.2:
  पव॑मान रु॒चारु॑चा दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्य॒स् परि॑ ।
  विश्वा॒ वसू॒न्य् आ वि॑श ॥
  pávamāna rucā́rucā devó devébhyas pári.
  víśvā vásūny ā́ viśa.
  Pervade, O Pavamana, all our treasures with repeated light,
  As a God, coming hither from the Gods.
a beam of light
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.96.24:
  आ ते॒ रुचः॒ पव॑मानस्य सोम॒ योषे॑व यन्ति सु॒दुघाः॑ सुधा॒राः ।
  हरि॒र् आनी॑तः पुरु॒वारो॑ अ॒प्स्व् अचि॑क्रदत् क॒लशे॑ देवयू॒नाम् ॥
  ā́ te rúcaḥ pávamānasya soma yóṣeva yanti sudúghāḥ sudhārā́ḥ.
  hárir ā́nītaḥ puruvā́ro apsv ácikradat kaláśe devayūnā́m.
  With full stream and abundant milk, O Soma, thy beams come, like a woman, as they cleanse thee.
  He [Soma], gold-hued, rich in boons, brought to the waters, hath roared within the goblet of the pious.
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
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रुक् (rúk)	रुचौ (rúcau) रुचा¹ (rúcā¹)	रुचः (rúcaḥ)
accusative	रुचम् (rúcam)	रुचौ (rúcau) रुचा¹ (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)
vocative	रुक् (rúk)	रुचौ (rúcau) रुचा¹ (rúcā¹)	रुचः (rúcaḥ)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 452; 463-4