बुद्धि

See also: बुद्ध and बुद्धू

Hindi edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्धि (búddhi), from the root verb बुध् (budh, “to understand, comprehend”). Cognate with Marathi बुद्धी (buddhī).

बुद्धि • (buddhi) f (Urdu spelling بدھی)

intelligence
उसकी बुद्धि की हीनता बहुत प्रकट है।
uskī buddhi kī hīntā bahut prakaṭ hai.
His lack of intelligence is very apparent.

Declension of बुद्धि (fem i-stem)

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बुद्धि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884. [1]

बुद्धि (buddhi) (classifier खान, uncountable)

Alternative scripts

बुद्धि • (búddhi) stem, f

intelligence (the power of forming and retaining conceptions and general notions)
information; knowledge
- c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa 2:
  बुद्धिर् यस्य बलं तस्य
  buddhir yasya balaṃ tasya
  "whose knowledge, his power"; knowledge is power
reason; understanding
intellect
mind
discernment; judgment
intention; purpose

Feminine i-stem declension of बुद्धि (búddhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बुद्धिः búddhiḥ	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धयः búddhayaḥ
Vocative	बुद्धे búddhe	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धयः búddhayaḥ
Accusative	बुद्धिम् búddhim	बुद्धी búddhī	बुद्धीः búddhīḥ
Instrumental	बुद्ध्या / बुद्धी¹ búddhyā / búddhī¹	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभिः búddhibhiḥ
Dative	बुद्धये / बुद्ध्यै² / बुद्धी¹ búddhaye / búddhyai² / búddhī¹	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभ्यः búddhibhyaḥ
Ablative	बुद्धेः / बुद्ध्याः² / बुद्ध्यै³ búddheḥ / búddhyāḥ² / búddhyai³	बुद्धिभ्याम् búddhibhyām	बुद्धिभ्यः búddhibhyaḥ
Genitive	बुद्धेः / बुद्ध्याः² / बुद्ध्यै³ búddheḥ / búddhyāḥ² / búddhyai³	बुद्ध्योः búddhyoḥ	बुद्धीनाम् búddhīnām
Locative	बुद्धौ / बुद्ध्याम्² / बुद्धा¹ búddhau / búddhyām² / búddhā¹	बुद्ध्योः búddhyoḥ	बुद्धिषु búddhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Borrowed words

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “बुद्धिः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Monier Williams (1899) “Buddhi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 733/3.
“बुद्धि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 365, column 1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “buddhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 525