स्तुति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तुति (stuti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /st̪ʊ.t̪iː/

Noun

स्तुति • (stuti) f

1. praise, lauding; invocation
   • c. 1950, Shriram Sharma, Rigveda Samhita 1.1.1:

     हम अग्निदेव की स्तुति करते हैं जो यज्ञ के पुरोहित, देवता, ऋत्विज, होता, और याचकों को रत्नों से विभूषित करने वाले हैं ॥

     ham agnidev kī stuti karte ha͠i jo yajña ke purohit, devtā, ŕtvij, hotā, aur yācakõ ko ratnõ se vibhūṣit karne vāle ha͠i .

     We laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
     The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

Declension

Declension of स्तुति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्तुति stuti	स्तुतियाँ stutiyā̃
oblique	स्तुति stuti	स्तुतियों stutiyõ
vocative	स्तुति stuti	स्तुतियो stutiyo

Proper noun

स्तुति • (stuti) f

1. a female given name, Stuti, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of स्तुति (sg-only fem i-stem)

	singular
direct	स्तुति stuti
oblique	स्तुति stuti
vocative	स्तुति stuti

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “स्तुति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5340
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “स्तुति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 837
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “स्तुति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 680.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তুতি (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬸᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• স্তুতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တုတိ (Burmese script)
• સ્તુતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤੁਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತುತಿ (Kannada script)
• ស្តុតិ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຸຕິ (Lao script)
• സ്തുതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୁତି (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢸꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තුති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸ்துதி (Tamil script)
• స్తుతి (Telugu script)
• สฺตุติ (Thai script)
• སྟུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root स्तु (stu, “to laud, praise”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stu.tí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪u.t̪i/

Noun

स्तु॒ति • (stutí) stem, f

1. praise, eulogy, panegyric, commendation, adulation
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.1.16:

     आ त्व१॒॑द्य स॒धस्तु॑तिं वा॒वातुः॒ सख्यु॒रा ग॑हि।
     उप॑स्तुतिर्म॒घोनां॒ प्र त्वा॑व॒त्वधा॑ ते वश्मि सुष्टु॒तिम्॥

     ā́ tvàdyá sadhástutiṃ vāvā́tuḥ sákhyurā́ gahi.
     úpastutirmaghónāṃ prá tvāvatvádhā te vaśmi suṣṭutím.

     Come now onto the common praise of you and your faithful friend.
     So may our wealthy nobles' praise give joy to you. Fain would I sing your eulogy.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of स्तु॒ति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्तु॒तिः (stutíḥ)	स्तु॒ती (stutī́)	स्तु॒तयः॑ (stutáyaḥ)
accusative	स्तु॒तिम् (stutím)	स्तु॒ती (stutī́)	स्तु॒तीः (stutī́ḥ)
instrumental	स्तु॒त्या (stutyā́) स्तु॒ती¹ (stutī́¹)	स्तु॒तिभ्या॑म् (stutíbhyām)	स्तु॒तिभिः॑ (stutíbhiḥ)
dative	स्तु॒तये॑ (stutáye) स्तु॒त्यै² (stutyái²) स्तु॒ती¹ (stutī́¹)	स्तु॒तिभ्या॑म् (stutíbhyām)	स्तु॒तिभ्यः॑ (stutíbhyaḥ)
ablative	स्तु॒तेः (stutéḥ) स्तु॒त्याः² (stutyā́ḥ²) स्तु॒त्यै³ (stutyái³)	स्तु॒तिभ्या॑म् (stutíbhyām)	स्तु॒तिभ्यः॑ (stutíbhyaḥ)
genitive	स्तु॒तेः (stutéḥ) स्तु॒त्याः² (stutyā́ḥ²) स्तु॒त्यै³ (stutyái³)	स्तु॒त्योः (stutyóḥ)	स्तु॒ती॒नाम् (stutīnā́m)
locative	स्तु॒तौ (stutáu) स्तु॒त्याम्² (stutyā́m²) स्तु॒ता¹ (stutā́¹)	स्तु॒त्योः (stutyóḥ)	स्तु॒तिषु॑ (stutíṣu)
vocative	स्तुते॑ (stúte)	स्तुती॑ (stútī)	स्तुत॑यः (stútayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨂𐨡𐨁 (studi)
• Pali: thuti
• Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: थुइ (thui)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: थुदि (thudi)
    • → Tamil: துதி (tuti)
• → Hindi: स्तुति (stuti)
• → Khmer: ស្តុតិ (stoteʼ)
• → Malayalam: സ്തുതി (stuti)
• → Marathi: स्तुती (stutī)
• → Tamil: ஸ்துதி (stuti)
• → Telugu: స్తుతి (stuti)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्तुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259.

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “stuti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “स्तुति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्तुति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “stuti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press