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

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “स्तुति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “स्तुति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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): /ˈs̪t̪u.t̪i/

Noun

स्तुति • (stutí) stem, f

1. praise, eulogy, panegyric, commendation, adulation
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.1.16:

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

     ā́ tvàdyá sadhástutiṃ vāvā́tu: 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 स्तुति (stutí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तुतिः stutíḥ	स्तुती stutī́	स्तुतयः stutáyaḥ
Vocative	स्तुते stúte	स्तुती stútī	स्तुतयः stútayaḥ
Accusative	स्तुतिम् stutím	स्तुती stutī́	स्तुतीः stutī́ḥ
Instrumental	स्तुत्या / स्तुती¹ stutyā́ / stutī́¹	स्तुतिभ्याम् stutíbhyām	स्तुतिभिः stutíbhiḥ
Dative	स्तुतये / स्तुत्यै² / स्तुती¹ stutáye / stutyaí² / stutī́¹	स्तुतिभ्याम् stutíbhyām	स्तुतिभ्यः stutíbhyaḥ
Ablative	स्तुतेः / स्तुत्याः² / स्तुत्यै³ stutéḥ / stutyā́ḥ² / stutyaí³	स्तुतिभ्याम् stutíbhyām	स्तुतिभ्यः stutíbhyaḥ
Genitive	स्तुतेः / स्तुत्याः² / स्तुत्यै³ stutéḥ / stutyā́ḥ² / stutyaí³	स्तुत्योः stutyóḥ	स्तुतीनाम् stutīnā́m
Locative	स्तुतौ / स्तुत्याम्² / स्तुता¹ stutaú / stutyā́m² / stutā́¹	स्तुत्योः stutyóḥ	स्तुतिषु stutíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨂𐨡𐨁 (studi)
• Pali: thuti
• Prakrit:

  Maharastri Prakrit: थुइ (thui)

  Sauraseni Prakrit: थुदि (thudi)

• → Hindi: स्तुति (stuti)
• → Khmer: ស្តុតិ (stoteʼ)
• → Malayalam: സ്തുതി (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 (2010-2024) “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