औत्सुक्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit औत्सुक्य (autsukya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɔːt̪.sʊk.jᵊ/

Noun

औत्सुक्य • (autsukya) m

1. keen desire
2. eagerness, curiosity, interest
3. impatience, anxiety

Declension

Declension of औत्सुक्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	औत्सुक्य autsukya	औत्सुक्य autsukya
oblique	औत्सुक्य autsukya	औत्सुक्यों autsukyõ
vocative	औत्सुक्य autsukya	औत्सुक्यो autsukyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “औत्सुक्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “औत्सुक्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “औत्सुक्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঔত্সুক্য (Assamese script)
• ᬒᬢ᭄ᬲᬸᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• ঔত্সুক্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰍𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀒𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဪတ္သုကျ (Burmese script)
• ઔત્સુક્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਔਤ੍ਸੁਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌔𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦎꦴꦠ꧀ꦱꦸꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂌𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಔತ್ಸುಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឳត្សុក្យ (Khmer script)
• ເອົາຕ຺ສຸກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ഔത്സുക്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠣᠣᢠᠰ᠌ᡠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘍𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠣᠧᠸᠠᢐᠰᠤᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦭𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐍𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଔତ୍ସୁକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢑꢡ꣄ꢱꢸꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆐𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖍𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ඖත‍්සුක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩘𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚉𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஔத்ஸுக்ய (Tamil script)
• ఔత్సుక్య (Telugu script)
• เอาตฺสุกฺย (Thai script)
• ཨཽ་ཏྶུ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒎𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨈𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of उत्सुक (utsuka) with a -य (-ya) extension. For initial u- in descendants, probably by influence of उत्सुक (utsuka), whence Pali उस्सुक (ussuka) and Prakrit उस्सुग (ussuga).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːu̯t.suk.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑu̯t̪.s̪uk.jɐ/

Noun

औत्सुक्य • (autsukya) stem, n

1. anxiety, desire, longing for, regret
2. eagerness, zeal, fervour, officiousness
3. impatience

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of औत्सुक्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	औत्सुक्यम् (autsukyam)	औत्सुक्ये (autsukye)	औत्सुक्यानि (autsukyāni) औत्सुक्या¹ (autsukyā¹)
accusative	औत्सुक्यम् (autsukyam)	औत्सुक्ये (autsukye)	औत्सुक्यानि (autsukyāni) औत्सुक्या¹ (autsukyā¹)
instrumental	औत्सुक्येन (autsukyena)	औत्सुक्याभ्याम् (autsukyābhyām)	औत्सुक्यैः (autsukyaiḥ) औत्सुक्येभिः¹ (autsukyebhiḥ¹)
dative	औत्सुक्याय (autsukyāya)	औत्सुक्याभ्याम् (autsukyābhyām)	औत्सुक्येभ्यः (autsukyebhyaḥ)
ablative	औत्सुक्यात् (autsukyāt)	औत्सुक्याभ्याम् (autsukyābhyām)	औत्सुक्येभ्यः (autsukyebhyaḥ)
genitive	औत्सुक्यस्य (autsukyasya)	औत्सुक्ययोः (autsukyayoḥ) औत्सुक्योः¹ (autsukyoḥ¹)	औत्सुक्यानाम् (autsukyānām)
locative	औत्सुक्ये (autsukye)	औत्सुक्ययोः (autsukyayoḥ) औत्सुक्योः¹ (autsukyoḥ¹)	औत्सुक्येषु (autsukyeṣu)
vocative	औत्सुक्य (autsukya)	औत्सुक्ये (autsukye)	औत्सुक्यानि (autsukyāni) औत्सुक्या¹ (autsukyā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Niya Prakrit: 𐨀𐨆𐨯𐨂𐨐 (osuka)
• Pali: उस्सुक्क (ussukka, “eagerness”), उस्सुक्कति (ussukkati, “endeavors”)
• Prakrit: उस्सुक्क (ussukka, “eager”), ओसुक्कइ (osukkaï, “is keen”)
  • Bengali: উসকা (uśoka)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: उसकना (usaknā)

    Urdu: اُسَکْنَا (usaknā)

  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਉਸਕਣਾ (usakṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: اُسَکْݨَا (usakṇā)

• → Hindi: औत्सुक्य (autsukya)
• → Malayalam: ഔത്സുക്യം (autsukyaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “औत्सुक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 237.