तुष्टि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुष्टि (tuṣṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊʂ.ʈiː/

Noun

तुष्टि • (tuṣṭi) f

1. (formal) satisfaction, contentment, delight

   Synonyms: तृप्ति (tŕpti), तोष (toṣ), संतोष (santoṣ), संतुष्टि (santuṣṭi)

Declension

Declension of तुष्टि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तुष्टि tuṣṭi	तुष्टियाँ tuṣṭiyā̃
oblique	तुष्टि tuṣṭi	तुष्टियों tuṣṭiyõ
vocative	तुष्टि tuṣṭi	तुष्टियो tuṣṭiyo

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তুষ্টি (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬸᬱ᭄ᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
• তুষ্টি (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• တုၑ္ဋိ (Burmese script)
• તુષ્ટિ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੁਸ਼੍ਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦸꦰ꧀ꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ತುಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada script)
• តុឞ្ដិ (Khmer script)
• ຕຸຩ຺ຏິ (Lao script)
• തുഷ്ടി (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡠᢢᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠤᢔᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧔𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
• ତୁଷ୍ଟି (Odia script)
• ꢡꢸꢰ꣄ꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
• තුෂ‍්ටි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚰𑚶𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
• துஷ்டி (Tamil script)
• తుష్టి (Telugu script)
• ตุษฺฏิ (Thai script)
• ཏུ་ཥྚི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téws-tis ~ *tus-téy-s. By surface analysis, तुष् (tuṣ, “to be satisfied”, root) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tuʂ.ʈi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪uʂ.ʈi/

Noun

तुष्टि • (tuṣṭi) stem, f

1. satisfaction, contentment, delight

   Synonyms: तृप्ति (tṛpti), तोष (toṣa), संतोष (saṃtoṣa), संतुष्टि (saṃtuṣṭi)

2. acquiescence, indifference to everything except what is possessed

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of तुष्टि (tuṣṭi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तुष्टिः tuṣṭiḥ	तुष्टी tuṣṭī	तुष्टयः tuṣṭayaḥ
Vocative	तुष्टे tuṣṭe	तुष्टी tuṣṭī	तुष्टयः tuṣṭayaḥ
Accusative	तुष्टिम् tuṣṭim	तुष्टी tuṣṭī	तुष्टीः tuṣṭīḥ
Instrumental	तुष्ट्या / तुष्टी¹ tuṣṭyā / tuṣṭī¹	तुष्टिभ्याम् tuṣṭibhyām	तुष्टिभिः tuṣṭibhiḥ
Dative	तुष्टये / तुष्ट्यै² / तुष्टी¹ tuṣṭaye / tuṣṭyai² / tuṣṭī¹	तुष्टिभ्याम् tuṣṭibhyām	तुष्टिभ्यः tuṣṭibhyaḥ
Ablative	तुष्टेः / तुष्ट्याः² / तुष्ट्यै³ tuṣṭeḥ / tuṣṭyāḥ² / tuṣṭyai³	तुष्टिभ्याम् tuṣṭibhyām	तुष्टिभ्यः tuṣṭibhyaḥ
Genitive	तुष्टेः / तुष्ट्याः² / तुष्ट्यै³ tuṣṭeḥ / tuṣṭyāḥ² / tuṣṭyai³	तुष्ट्योः tuṣṭyoḥ	तुष्टीनाम् tuṣṭīnām
Locative	तुष्टौ / तुष्ट्याम्² / तुष्टा¹ tuṣṭau / tuṣṭyām² / tuṣṭā¹	तुष्ट्योः tuṣṭyoḥ	तुष्टिषु tuṣṭiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: tuṭṭhi
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (tuṭṭhi)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: तुष्टि (tuṣṭi)

• → Khmer: តុស្តី (tohsdəy) (learned)
• → Thai: ดุษฎี (dùt-sà-dii) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “तुष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 452, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tuṣṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “tuṣṭi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तुष्टि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तुष्टि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press