रुचि

Etymology

From Sanskrit रुचि (ruci).

Noun

रुचि • (ruci) f

1. interest, taste (something that one is interested in)

   मेरे भाई की रुचि साहित्य में है ― mere bhāī kī ruci sāhitya mẽ hai ― My brother has an interest in literature (lit. "the interest of my brother is in literature")

Etymology

From रुच् (ruc)

Noun

रुचि • (rúci) f

1. light, lustre, splendour, beauty
2. colour
3. liking, taste, relish, pleasure, appetite, zest
4. (at the end of a compound) taking pleasure in, desirous of, longing for; with locative, प्रति (prati) infinitive or compound

   ruciṃ-√dā or rucaye-√bhū — to please

   rucim ā-√vah, with datative — to excite a desire for

   रुच्या (rucyā) or स्वरुच्या (sva-rucyā) — at pleasure, at will

5. a kind of coitus
6. a kind of pigment (= रोचना (rocanā))
7. name of an Apsaras
8. name of the wife of Devaśarman

Proper noun

रुचि • (rúci) f

1. name of a Prajā-pati (the husband of Ākūti and father of Yajña or Su-yajña and of Manu Raucya)
2. name of a son of Viśvāmitra
3. name of a king

Adjective

रुचि • (rúci)

1. pleasant, agreeable (= रुचिर (rucira))

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0882