औत्सुक्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit औत्सुक्य (autsukya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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): /ɑːwt.suk.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑwt̪.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)	औत्सुक्यानाम् (autsukyānām)
locative	औत्सुक्ये (autsukye)	औत्सुक्ययोः (autsukyayoḥ)	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.