# युक्ति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit युक्ति (yukti).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /jʊk.t̪iː/

### Noun

युक्ति • (yukti) f (rare, formal)
* joining, connection, union, combination
* application, practice, usage
* appliance, means, device
* expedient, trick, stratagem
* fitness, suitability
* dexterity, ingenuity, skill
* policy
* reasoning, argument

#### Declension
### 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

* 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: /juk.ti/, [juk̚.ti]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈjuk.t̪i/, [ˈjuk̚.t̪i]

### Noun

युक्ति • (yukti) stem, f
* union, junction, connection, combination
* preparation, going to, making ready for
* application, practice, usage
* trick, contrivance, means, expedient, artifice, cunning device, magic
* reasoning, argument, proof, influence, induction, deduction from circumstances
* reason, ground, motive
* suitableness, adaptedness, fitness, propriety, correctness
* meditation on the supreme being, contemplation, union with the universal spirit
* (law) enumeration of circumstances, specification of place and time
* (rhetoric) emblematic or mystical expression of purpose
* (drama) connection of the events in a plot, concatenation of incidents, intelligent weighing of the circumstances
* (astronomy) conjunction
* (grammar) connection of words, a sentence
* connection of letters
* supplying an ellipsis
* mixture or alloying of metals
* sum, total

#### 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