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): /t̪uʂ.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

	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 (tuṣṭyā) तुष्टी¹ (tuṣṭī¹)	तुष्टिभ्याम् (tuṣṭibhyām)	तुष्टिभिः (tuṣṭibhiḥ)
dative	तुष्टये (tuṣṭaye) तुष्ट्यै² (tuṣṭyai²) तुष्टी¹ (tuṣṭī¹)	तुष्टिभ्याम् (tuṣṭibhyām)	तुष्टिभ्यः (tuṣṭibhyaḥ)
ablative	तुष्टेः (tuṣṭeḥ) तुष्ट्याः² (tuṣṭyāḥ²) तुष्ट्यै³ (tuṣṭyai³)	तुष्टिभ्याम् (tuṣṭibhyām)	तुष्टिभ्यः (tuṣṭibhyaḥ)
genitive	तुष्टेः (tuṣṭeḥ) तुष्ट्याः² (tuṣṭyāḥ²) तुष्ट्यै³ (tuṣṭyai³)	तुष्ट्योः (tuṣṭyoḥ)	तुष्टीनाम् (tuṣṭīnām)
locative	तुष्टौ (tuṣṭau) तुष्ट्याम्² (tuṣṭyām²) तुष्टा¹ (tuṣṭā¹)	तुष्ट्योः (tuṣṭyoḥ)	तुष्टिषु (tuṣṭiṣu)

• 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 (2010–2025) “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