सूची

See also: साचो and सच

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī́). Doublet of सुई (suī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /suː.t͡ʃiː/

Noun

सूची • (sūcī) f

list, catalogue
(chiefly in compounds) needle

Declension

Declension of सूची (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूची sūcī	सूचियाँ sūciyā̃
oblique	सूची sūcī	सूचियों sūciyõ
vocative	सूची sūcī	सूचियो sūciyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

সূচী (Assamese script)
ᬲᬹᬘᬷ (Balinese script)
সূচী (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰳𑰓𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀽𑀘𑀻 (Brahmi script)
သူစီ (Burmese script)
સૂચી (Gujarati script)
ਸੂਚੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍂𑌚𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦹꦕꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂴𑂒𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಸೂಚೀ (Kannada script)
សូចី (Khmer script)
ສູຈີ (Lao script)
സൂചീ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᡠᡠᢜᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘴𑘓𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠰᠤᠤᢋᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧕𑦳𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐹𑐔𑐷 (Newa script)
ସୂଚୀ (Odia script)
ꢱꢹꢗꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆷𑆖𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖳𑖓𑖱 (Siddham script)
සූචී (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩒𑩛𑩡𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚱𑚏𑚯 (Takri script)
ஸூசீ (Tamil script)
సూచీ (Telugu script)
สูจี (Thai script)
སཱུ་ཙཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒴𑒔𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨃𑨊𑨣𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śūcī́-, and cognate with Persian (suzan, “needle”); the palatal fricative ś was changed to an alveolar s, perhaps from contamination with स्यू (syū, “alternative form of सिव् (siv, “to sew”)”). The Indo-Aryan root is further derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), and connected with शूल (śūla, “lance, stake”); see there for more cognates.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /suː.t͡ɕíː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uː.t͡ɕiː/

Noun

सूची • (sūcī́) stem, f

a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of सूची (sūcī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूची sūcī́	सूच्यौ / सूची¹ sūcyaù / sūcī́¹	सूच्यः / सूचीः¹ sūcyàḥ / sūcī́ḥ¹
Vocative	सूचि sū́ci	सूच्यौ / सूची¹ sū́cyau / sū́cī¹	सूच्यः / सूचीः¹ sū́cyaḥ / sū́cīḥ¹
Accusative	सूचीम् sūcī́m	सूच्यौ / सूची¹ sūcyaù / sūcī́¹	सूचीः sūcī́ḥ
Instrumental	सूच्या sūcyā́	सूचीभ्याम् sūcī́bhyām	सूचीभिः sūcī́bhiḥ
Dative	सूच्यै sūcyaí	सूचीभ्याम् sūcī́bhyām	सूचीभ्यः sūcī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	सूच्याः / सूच्यै² sūcyā́ḥ / sūcyaí²	सूचीभ्याम् sūcī́bhyām	सूचीभ्यः sūcī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	सूच्याः / सूच्यै² sūcyā́ḥ / sūcyaí²	सूच्योः sūcyóḥ	सूचीनाम् sūcī́nām
Locative	सूच्याम् sūcyā́m	सूच्योः sūcyóḥ	सूचीषु sūcī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

सूच् (sūc)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: suš
- Kashmiri: سُیُ (suyu), سُوَ (suva)
- Shina: سو (sū)
  - Kohistani Shina: سوں (sū̃)
Pali: sūci
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀽𑀈 (sūī)
- Central:
  - Eastern Hindi:
    - Awadhi: सूई (sūī)
  - Western Hindi:
    - Hindustani: sūī, sūā
      - Hindi: सूई, सूआ
      - Urdu: سُوئِی, سُوئا
- Eastern:
  - Bengali: সুই (śui), সুঁই (śũi), ছুঁই (chũi)
  - Bihari: सूई (sūī)
    - Bhojpuri: सुई (suī), सूवा (sūvā)
    - Maithili: सुइ (suɨ)
  - Odia: ସୁଇ (sui)
- Northern:
  - Nepali: सियो (siyo)
- Northwestern:
  - Punjabi: sūī, sūā
    Gurmukhi script: ਸੂਈ, ਸੂਆ
    
    Shahmukhi script: سُوئِی, سُوئا
  - Sindhi: suī, suo
    Arabic script: سُئِي, سُئو
    
    Devanagari script: सुई, सुओ
- Southern:
  - Konkani: sū, suvva
    Devanagari script: सू, सुव्व
    
    Latin script: su, suvvo
    
    Kannada script: ಸೂ, ಸುವ್ವ
  - Marathi: सू (sū), सूई (sūī)
- Western:
  - Domaaki: [script needed] (sūiya)
  - Gujarati: સોય (soya), સોયૌ (soyau), સોઇયૌ (soiyau)

Borrowed terms

→ Tamil: ஊசி (ūci)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सूची”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1241/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 739
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 483-4
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūcī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press