# बुद्धि
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʊd̪.d̪ʱiː/, [bʊd̪̚.d̪ʱiː]

### Noun

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.

#### Synonyms

* समझ (samajh)
* अक़्ल (aqla)

#### Derived terms

* बुद्धिमान (buddhimān, “intelligent”)

#### References

* 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.

## Rajbanshi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit बुद्धि (buddhi). Cognate with Marathi बुद्धी (buddhī).

### Noun

बुद्धि (buddhi) (classifier खान, uncountable)
* wisdom
* intelligence

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* বুদ্ধি (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬸᬤ᭄ᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
* বুদ্ধি (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဗုဒ္ဓိ (Burmese script)
* બુદ્ધિ (Gujarati script)
* ਬੁਦ੍ਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦸꦢ꧀ꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂳𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಬುದ್ಧಿ (Kannada script)
* ពុទ្ធិ (Khmer script)
* ພຸທ຺ຘິ (Lao script)
* ബുദ്ധി (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡠᡩᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠤᢑᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧔𑦿𑧠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
* ବୁଦ୍ଧି (Odia script)
* ꢨꢸꢣ꣄ꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
* බුද‍්ධි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
* பு³த்³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
* బుద్ధి (Telugu script)
* พุทฺธิ (Thai script)
* བུ་དྡྷི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *búddʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúdᶻdʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúdʰtis, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬌 (busti), Ancient Greek πῠ́στῐς (pŭ́stĭs), Lithuanian bùsti. Equivalent to बुध् (budh, root) +‎ -ति (-ti).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /búd.dʱi/, [búd̚.dʱi]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bud̪.d̪ʱi/, [bud̪̚.d̪ʱi]

### Noun

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 तस्यbuddhir yasya balaṃ tasya"whose knowledge, his power"; knowledge is power
* reason; understanding
* intellect
* mind
* discernment; judgment
* intention; purpose

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: بۄد (bọd)
** Shina: بد (budi)
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Kamkata-viri: bidī, bədī
*** Prasuni: büdü, büt
* Pali: buddhi
* Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 (buddhi)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: budh
***** Hindi: बुध
***** Urdu: بُدھ
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: বুধি (budhi)
**** Middle Bengali: বুধি (budhi)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: बुधि (budhi)
***** Maithili: बुधि (budhɨ)
**** Odia: ବୁଧି (budhi), ବୁଧିଳ (budhiḷa)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: बुद्दि (buddi)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: බුදු (budu)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: बूध (būdh)
** Western:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: buddh
    Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਧ
    Shahmukhi script: بُدّھ
***** Lahnda:
****** Saraiki: ٻُده (ḇudh)
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi: ḇudhi, ḇudh
    Arabic script: ٻُڌِ, ٻُڌ
    Devanagari script: ॿुधि, ॿुध
Borrowed words
* → Bengali: বুদ্ধি (buddhi)
* → Dhivehi: ބުއްދި (buddi)
* → Gujarati: બુદ્ધિ (buddhi)
* → Hindi: बुद्धि (buddhi)
* → Kannada: ಬುದ್ಧಿ (buddhi)
* → Marathi: बुद्धी (buddhī)
* → Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧੀ (buddhī)
* → Rohingya: buddí
* → Rajbanshi: बुद्धि
* → Sinhalese: බුද්ධි (buddhi)
* → Tagalog: budhi
* → Tamil: புத்தி (putti)

### References

* 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