मुक्ति

See also: मुक्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊk.t̪iː/

Noun

मुक्ति • (mukti) f

1. freedom, liberation

Proper noun

मुक्ति • (mukti) f

1. a female given name, Mukti, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of मुक्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुक्ति mukti	मुक्तियाँ muktiyā̃
oblique	मुक्ति mukti	मुक्तियों muktiyõ
vocative	मुक्ति mukti	मुक्तियो muktiyo

See also

• मुक्त (mukt)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मुक्ति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3955
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मुक्ति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 607
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मुक्ति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 515.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• মুক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မုက္တိ (Burmese script)
• મુક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• មុក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ມຸກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• മുക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମୁକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මුක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• முக்தி (Tamil script)
• ముక్తి (Telugu script)
• มุกฺติ (Thai script)
• མུ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root मुच् (muc) +‎ -ति (-ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-. Compare मुञ्चति (muñcati, “to loosen, let loose, free”). Related to Lithuanian mùkti (“to be released, to escape”) (1g. munkù, 1sg. past mukaũ) and Classical Persian زمخت (zumuxt) and مفت (muft).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /muk.ti/, [muk̚.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muk.t̪i/, [muk̚.t̪i]

Noun

मुक्ति • (mukti) stem, f

1. setting or becoming free, release, liberation, deliverance from (in compounds)
2. final liberation, emancipation, or beatitude

   Synonym: मोक्ष (mokṣa)

3. abandonment, putting off, giving up
4. throwing, casting, hurling, shooting, sending
5. discharge (of a debt)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of मुक्ति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मुक्तिः (muktiḥ)	मुक्ती (muktī)	मुक्तयः (muktayaḥ)
accusative	मुक्तिम् (muktim)	मुक्ती (muktī)	मुक्तीः (muktīḥ)
instrumental	मुक्त्या (muktyā) मुक्ती¹ (muktī¹)	मुक्तिभ्याम् (muktibhyām)	मुक्तिभिः (muktibhiḥ)
dative	मुक्तये (muktaye) मुक्त्यै² (muktyai²) मुक्ती¹ (muktī¹)	मुक्तिभ्याम् (muktibhyām)	मुक्तिभ्यः (muktibhyaḥ)
ablative	मुक्तेः (mukteḥ) मुक्त्याः² (muktyāḥ²) मुक्त्यै³ (muktyai³)	मुक्तिभ्याम् (muktibhyām)	मुक्तिभ्यः (muktibhyaḥ)
genitive	मुक्तेः (mukteḥ) मुक्त्याः² (muktyāḥ²) मुक्त्यै³ (muktyai³)	मुक्त्योः (muktyoḥ)	मुक्तीनाम् (muktīnām)
locative	मुक्तौ (muktau) मुक्त्याम्² (muktyām²) मुक्ता¹ (muktā¹)	मुक्त्योः (muktyoḥ)	मुक्तिषु (muktiṣu)
vocative	मुक्ते (mukte)	मुक्ती (muktī)	मुक्तयः (muktayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti)
• विमुक्ति (vimukti)

Descendants

• Bengali: মুক্তি (mukti)
• Gujarati: મુક્તિ (mukti)
• Hindi: मुक्ति (mukti)
• → Malayalam: മുക്തി (mukti)
• Marathi: मुक्ती (muktī)
• Nepali: मुक्ति (mukti)
• Odia: ମୁକ୍ତି (mukti)
• Punjabi: ਮੁਕਤੀ (muktī)
• → Tamil: முக்தி (mukti), முத்தி (mutti)
• → Telugu: ముక్తి (mukti)

Proper noun

मुक्ति • (Mukti) f

1. name of a divine being, the wife of सत्य (Satya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मुक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 821, column 2.