युक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit युक्ति (yukti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jʊk.t̪iː/

Noun

युक्ति • (yukti) f (rare, formal)

1. joining, connection, union, combination
2. application, practice, usage
3. appliance, means, device
4. expedient, trick, stratagem
5. fitness, suitability
6. dexterity, ingenuity, skill
7. policy
8. reasoning, argument

Declension

Declension of युक्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	युक्ति yukti	युक्तियाँ yuktiyā̃
oblique	युक्ति yukti	युक्तियों yuktiyõ
vocative	युक्ति yukti	युक्तियो yuktiyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “युक्ति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “युक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “युक्ति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যুক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬸᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• যুক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ယုက္တိ (Burmese script)
• યુક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਯੁਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦸꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಯುಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• យុក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ຍຸກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• യുക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᡠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠤᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଯୁକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢫꢸꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• යුක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• யுக்தி (Tamil script)
• యుక్తి (Telugu script)
• ยุกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཡུ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From युज् (yuj) +‎ -ति (-ti), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /juk.ti/, [juk̚.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /juk.t̪i/, [juk̚.t̪i]

Noun

युक्ति • (yukti) stem, f

1. union, junction, connection, combination
2. preparation, going to, making ready for
3. application, practice, usage
4. trick, contrivance, means, expedient, artifice, cunning device, magic
5. reasoning, argument, proof, influence, induction, deduction from circumstances
6. reason, ground, motive
7. suitableness, adaptedness, fitness, propriety, correctness
8. meditation on the supreme being, contemplation, union with the universal spirit
9. (law) enumeration of circumstances, specification of place and time
10. (rhetoric) emblematic or mystical expression of purpose
11. (drama) connection of the events in a plot, concatenation of incidents, intelligent weighing of the circumstances
12. (astronomy) conjunction
13. (grammar) connection of words, a sentence
14. connection of letters
15. supplying an ellipsis
16. mixture or alloying of metals
17. sum, total

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of युक्ति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	युक्तिः (yuktiḥ)	युक्ती (yuktī)	युक्तयः (yuktayaḥ)
vocative	युक्ते (yukte)	युक्ती (yuktī)	युक्तयः (yuktayaḥ)
accusative	युक्तिम् (yuktim)	युक्ती (yuktī)	युक्तीः (yuktīḥ)
instrumental	युक्त्या (yuktyā) युक्ती¹ (yuktī¹)	युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām)	युक्तिभिः (yuktibhiḥ)
dative	युक्तये (yuktaye) युक्त्यै² (yuktyai²) युक्ती¹ (yuktī¹)	युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām)	युक्तिभ्यः (yuktibhyaḥ)
ablative	युक्तेः (yukteḥ) युक्त्याः² (yuktyāḥ²) युक्त्यै³ (yuktyai³)	युक्तिभ्याम् (yuktibhyām)	युक्तिभ्यः (yuktibhyaḥ)
genitive	युक्तेः (yukteḥ) युक्त्याः² (yuktyāḥ²) युक्त्यै³ (yuktyai³)	युक्त्योः (yuktyoḥ)	युक्तीनाम् (yuktīnām)
locative	युक्तौ (yuktau) युक्त्याम्² (yuktyām²) युक्ता¹ (yuktā¹)	युक्त्योः (yuktyoḥ)	युक्तिषु (yuktiṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: yutti
  • → Burmese: ယုတ္တိ (yutti.)
  • → Khmer: យុត្តិ (yutteʼ)
  • → Lao: ຍຸດຕິ (nyut ti)
  • → Thai: ยุติ (yút-dtì)
• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (jutti)
• → Bengali: যুক্তি (jukti) (learned)
  • → Santali: ᱡᱩᱠᱛᱤ (jukti)
• → Telugu: యుక్తి (yukti) (learned)
• → Hindi: युक्ति (yukti) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “युक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 853.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yukti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press