चुचि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চুচি (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬸᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
• চুচি (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰲𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀼𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• စုစိ (Burmese script)
• ચુચિ (Gujarati script)
• ਚੁਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍁𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦸꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂳𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಚುಚಿ (Kannada script)
• ចុចិ (Khmer script)
• ຈຸຈິ (Lao script)
• ചുചി (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘳𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧔𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐸𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଚୁଚି (Odia script)
• ꢗꢸꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆶𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖲𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
• චුචි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚰𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
• சுசி (Tamil script)
• చుచి (Telugu script)
• จุจิ (Thai script)
• ཙུ་ཙི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒳𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of sucking sounds; compare चूष् (cūṣ, “to suck”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”) and German Zitze (“teat”) for similar formations across Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕu.t͡ɕi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕu.t͡ɕi/

Noun

चुचि • (cuci) stem, m

1. the female breast

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of चुचि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चुचिः (cuciḥ)	चुची (cucī)	चुचयः (cucayaḥ)
vocative	चुचे (cuce)	चुची (cucī)	चुचयः (cucayaḥ)
accusative	चुचिम् (cucim)	चुची (cucī)	चुचीन् (cucīn)
instrumental	चुचिना (cucinā) चुच्या¹ (cucyā¹)	चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām)	चुचिभिः (cucibhiḥ)
dative	चुचये (cucaye)	चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām)	चुचिभ्यः (cucibhyaḥ)
ablative	चुचेः (cuceḥ) चुच्यः¹ (cucyaḥ¹)	चुचिभ्याम् (cucibhyām)	चुचिभ्यः (cucibhyaḥ)
genitive	चुचेः (cuceḥ) चुच्यः¹ (cucyaḥ¹)	चुच्योः (cucyoḥ)	चुचीनाम् (cucīnām)
locative	चुचौ (cucau) चुचा¹ (cucā¹)	चुच्योः (cucyoḥ)	चुचिषु (cuciṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चुचि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-3