तुलसी

See also: तुळस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊl.siː/

Noun

तुलसी • (tulsī) f (Urdu spelling تلسی)

1. holy basil

Declension

Declension of तुलसी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तुलसी tulsī	तुलसियाँ tulsiyā̃
oblique	तुलसी tulsī	तुलसियों tulsiyõ
vocative	तुलसी tulsī	तुलसियो tulsiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তুলসী (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬸᬮᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
• তুলসী (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰲𑰩𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀼𑀮𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• တုလသီ (Burmese script)
• તુલસી (Gujarati script)
• ਤੁਲਸੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍁𑌲𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦸꦭꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂳𑂪𑂮𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ತುಲಸೀ (Kannada script)
• តុលសី (Khmer script)
• ຕຸລສີ (Lao script)
• തുലസീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡠᠯᠠᠰ᠌ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘳𑘩𑘭𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠤᠯᠠᠰᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧔𑧉𑧍𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐸𑐮𑐳𑐷 (Newa script)
• ତୁଲସୀ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢸꢭꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆶𑆬𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖲𑖩𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
• තුලසී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩒𑩽𑪁𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚰𑚥𑚨𑚯 (Takri script)
• துலஸீ (Tamil script)
• తులసీ (Telugu script)
• ตุลสี (Thai script)
• ཏུ་ལ་སཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒳𑒪𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨃𑨬𑨰𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tuḷacV.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tu.lɐ.siː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪u.l̪ɐ.s̪iː/

Noun

तुलसी • (tulasī) stem, ?

1. basil

Descendants

• → Bengali: তুলসী (tulośi)
• → Hindi: तुलसी (tulsī)
• → Kannada: ತುಲಸಿ (tulasi)
• Marathi: तुळस (tuḷas)