# बुध्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* বুধ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬸᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বুধ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰲𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀼𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဗုဓ် (Burmese script)
* બુધ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਬੁਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦸꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂳𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಬುಧ್ (Kannada script)
* ពុធ៑ (Khmer script)
* ພຸຘ຺ (Lao script)
* ബുധ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡠᢡ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘳𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠤᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧔𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐸𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
* ବୁଧ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢸꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆶𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖲𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
* බුධ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩒𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚰𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
* பு³த்⁴ (Tamil script)
* బుధ్ (Telugu script)
* พุธฺ (Thai script)
* བུ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒳𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨃𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰúdʰs, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /búdʱ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bud̪ʱ/

### Adjective

बुध् • (búdh)
* awaking
* intelligent, wise

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* उषर्बुध् (uṣarbúdh) (उषर्भुत् (uṣarbhút, nom. sg))
* प्रबुध् (prabúdh) (प्रभुत् (prabhút, nom. sg))

### Root

बुध् • (budh)
* to come to; wake up; recover consciousness after fainting
* to observe, heed, attend to (with acc. or gen.)
* to perceive, notice, learn, understand, become or be aware of or acquainted with
* to think of, i.e. present a person (‘with’ instr.)
* to know to be, recognize as (with two acc.)
* to deem, consider or regard as (with two acc.)
* to revive the scent (of a perfume)
* to cause (a flower) to expand
* to cause to observe or attend, admonish, advise
* to make a person acquainted with, remind or inform of. impart or communicate anything to (with two acc.)

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* बुध्यते (búdhyate, Present)
* बोधति (bódhati, Present)
* भोत्स्यति (bhotsyati, Future)
* बोद्धा (boddhā, Periphrastic Future)
* अबुद्ध (ábuddha, Aorist)
* अबोधिषत् (ábodhiṣat, Aorist)
* बुबोध (bubódha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* बुध्यते (budhyáte, Passive)
* अबोधि (ábodhi, Passive Aorist)
* बोधयति (bodháyati, Causative)
* अबूबुधत् (ábūbudhat, Causative Aorist)
* बोध्यते (bodhyáte, Passive of Causative)
* बुभुत्सति (bubhutsati, Desiderative)
* बुबोधिषति (bubodhiṣati, Desiderative)
* बुबुधिषति (bubudhiṣati, Desiderative)
* बोबुधीति (bobudhīti, Intensive)
* बोबुध्यते (bobudhyate, Intensive)
* बोबोद्धि (boboddhi, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* बुद्ध (buddhá, Past Participle)
* बोद्धुम् (boddhum, Infinitive)
* बुधे (búdhe, Infinitive)
* बुधि (budhí, Infinitive)
* बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā, Gerund)
* बुध्य (budhya, Gerund)
* बोध्य (bodhya, Gerundive)
* बोद्धव्य (boddhavya, Gerundive)
* बोधितव्य (bodhitavya, Gerundive)
* बोधनीय (bodhanīya, Gerundive)
* बोधयितव्य (bodhayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* बुभुत्सु (bubhutsu, Desiderative Participle)
* बुबोधयिषु (bubodhayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)
* बिबोधयिषु (bibodhayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* अबुध् (abudh)
* अबुध्य (abudhya)
* बुद्धि (buddhi)
* बुध् (budh)
* बुभुत्सा (bubhutsā)
* बोद्धृ (boddhṛ)
* बोध (bodhá)
* बोधक (bodhaka)
* बोधन (bódhana)
* बोधयिष्णु (bodhayiṣṇu)
* बोधि (bodhi)
* बोधिन् (bodhin)
* बोधयितृ (bodhayitṛ)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुबुध् (anubudh)
* अवबुध् (avabudh)
* आबुध् (ābudh)
* उद्बुध् (udbudh)
* निबुध् (nibudh)
* प्रतिबुध् (pratibudh)
* प्रतिसम्बुध् (pratisambudh)
* प्रबुध् (prabudh)
* विप्रबुध् (viprabudh)
* विबुध् (vibudh)
* समवबुध् (samavabudh)
* समुद्बुध् (samudbudh)
* संनिबुध् (saṃnibudh)
* सम्प्रतिबुध् (sampratibudh)
* सम्प्रबुध् (samprabudh)
* सम्बुध् (sambudh)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “बुध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 733.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 106
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 228; 233-234