रुच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬭᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৰুচ্ (Assamese script)
  • রুচ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰨𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀭𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌰𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • રુચ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਰੁਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦫꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • រុច៑ (Khmer script)
  • ರುಚ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຣຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
  • രുച് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘨𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠷᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡵᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
  • ရုစ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧈𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐬𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ରୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢬꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆫𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖨𑗜𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • රුච් (Sinhalese script)
  • ருச் (Tamil script)
  • రుచ్ (Telugu script)
  • รุจฺ (Thai script)
  • རུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒩𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rúkṣ, 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 روشن‎ (rowšan), Old English lēoht (whence English light).

Noun

रुच् • (rúc) stem, f

  1. light, lustre, brightness
  2. splendor, beauty, loveliness
  3. pleasure, delight, liking, wish, desire
  4. color, hue
  5. appearance, resemblance
Declension
Feminine c-stem declension of रुच् (ruc)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रुक्
ruk		 रुचौ
rucau		 रुचः
rucaḥ
Vocative रुक्
ruk		 रुचौ
rucau		 रुचः
rucaḥ
Accusative रुचम्
rucam		 रुचौ
rucau		 रुचः
rucaḥ
Instrumental रुचा
rucā		 रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyām		 रुग्भिः
rugbhiḥ
Dative रुचे
ruce		 रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyām		 रुग्भ्यः
rugbhyaḥ
Ablative रुचः
rucaḥ		 रुग्भ्याम्
rugbhyām		 रुग्भ्यः
rugbhyaḥ
Genitive रुचः
rucaḥ		 रुचोः
rucoḥ		 रुचाम्
rucām
Locative रुचि
ruci		 रुचोः
rucoḥ		 रुक्षु
rukṣu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Alternative forms
  • रोच् (roc)

Root

रुच् • (ruc)

  1. to shine, be bright or radiant or resplendent
  2. to be splendid or beautiful or good
  3. to be agreeable to, please
  4. to be pleased with, like
  5. to enlighten, illuminate, make bright
Derived terms

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