स्तुहि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• স্তুহি (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬸᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• স্তুহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တုဟိ (Burmese script)
• સ્તુહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤੁਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತುಹಿ (Kannada script)
• ស្តុហិ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຸຫິ (Lao script)
• സ്തുഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᡠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠤᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୁହି (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢸꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තුහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸ்துஹி (Tamil script)
• స్తుహి (Telugu script)
• สฺตุหิ (Thai script)
• སྟུ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *studʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *studʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *stew- (“to praise, eulogize”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬜𐬌 (stūⁱδi, “praise!”, 2nd person singular imperative active).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stu.ɦí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪u.ɦi/

Verb

स्तुहि • (stuhí)

1. second-person singular imperative of स्तु (stu, “to praise, eulogize”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.11:

     स्तु॒हि श्रु॒तं ग॑र्त॒सदं॒ युवा॑नं मृ॒गं न भी॒ममु॑पह॒त्नुमु॒ग्रम् ।
     मृ॒ळा ज॑रि॒त्रे रु॑द्र॒ स्तवा॑नो॒ऽन्यं ते॑ अ॒स्मन्नि व॑पन्तु॒ सेनाः॑ ॥

     stuhí śrutáṃ gartasádaṃ yúvānaṃ mṛgáṃ ná bhīmámupahatnúmugrám.
     mṛḷā́ jaritré rudra stávānoʼnyáṃ te asmánní vapantu sénāḥ.

     Praise him the chariot-borne, the young, the famous, fierce, slaying like a dreaded beast of the forest.
     O Rudra, praised, be gracious to the singer of your hymns. Let thy armies spare us and attack someone else.