युक्ति

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit युक्ति (yukti).

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Noun edit

युक्ति (yuktif (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

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Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

युक्ति (yukti) stemf

  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 edit

Feminine i-stem declension of युक्ति (yukti)
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 / युक्ती¹
yuktyā / yuktī¹
युक्तिभ्याम्
yuktibhyām
युक्तिभिः
yuktibhiḥ
Dative युक्तये / युक्त्यै² / युक्ती¹
yuktaye / yuktyai² / yuktī¹
युक्तिभ्याम्
yuktibhyām
युक्तिभ्यः
yuktibhyaḥ
Ablative युक्तेः / युक्त्याः² / युक्त्यै³
yukteḥ / yuktyāḥ² / yuktyai³
युक्तिभ्याम्
yuktibhyām
युक्तिभ्यः
yuktibhyaḥ
Genitive युक्तेः / युक्त्याः² / युक्त्यै³
yukteḥ / yuktyāḥ² / yuktyai³
युक्त्योः
yuktyoḥ
युक्तीनाम्
yuktīnām
Locative युक्तौ / युक्त्याम्² / युक्ता¹
yuktau / yuktyām² / yuktā¹
युक्त्योः
yuktyoḥ
युक्तिषु
yuktiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

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