बुद्धि

See also: बुद्ध and बुद्धू

Hindi

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (búddhi), from the root verb बुध् (budh, “to understand, comprehend”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊd̪.d̪ʱiː/, [bʊd̪̚.d̪ʱiː]

Noun

बुद्धि • (buddhi) f (Urdu spelling بدھی)

1. intelligence

   उकसी बुद्धि की हीनता बहुत प्रकट है।

   uksī buddhi kī hīntā bahut prakaṭ hai.

   His lack of intelligence is very apparent.

Synonyms

• समझ (samajh)
• अक़्ल (aqla)

Derived terms

• बुद्धिमान (buddhimān, “intelligent”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बुद्धि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884. [1]

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Rajbanshi

Noun

बुद्धि (buddhi) (classifier खान, uncountable)

1. wisdom
2. intelligence

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰúddʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúdᶻdʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúdʰtis, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬌 (busti), Ancient Greek πῠ́στῐς (pústis), Lithuanian bùsti.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /búd.dʱi/, [búd̚.dʱi]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbud̪.d̪ʱi/, [ˈbud̪̚.d̪ʱi]

Noun

बुद्धि • (búddhi) stem, f

1. intelligence, the power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions
2. reason
3. intellect
4. mind
5. discernment, judgment

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of बुद्धि (búddhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बुद्धिः búddhiḥ	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धयः búddhayaḥ
Vocative	बुद्धे búddhe	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धयः búddhayaḥ
Accusative	बुद्धिम् búddhim	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धीः búddhīḥ
Instrumental	बुद्ध्या / बुद्धी¹ búddhyā / búddhī¹	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभिः búddhibhiḥ
Dative	बुद्धये / बुद्ध्यै² / बुद्धी¹ búddhaye / búddhyai² / búddhī¹	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभ्यः búddhibhyaḥ
Ablative	बुद्धेः / बुद्ध्याः² / बुद्ध्यै³ búddheḥ / búddhyāḥ² / búddhyai³	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभ्यः búddhibhyaḥ
Genitive	बुद्धेः / बुद्ध्याः² / बुद्ध्यै³ búddheḥ / búddhyāḥ² / búddhyai³	बुद्ध्योः búddhyoḥ	बुद्धीनाम् búddhīnām
Locative	बुद्धौ / बुद्ध्याम्² / बुद्धा¹ búddhau / búddhyām² / búddhā¹	बुद्ध्योः búddhyoḥ	बुद्धिषु búddhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Tamil: புத்தி (putti)

References

• Cappeller, Carl 1891: A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Strassburg.
• Monier-Williams, Monier 1899: Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford.