As a Hindi name
सूचि · noun · feminine
सूई · एक प्रकार का नृत्य · केवड़ा । केतकी पुष्प — Śabdasāgara
सूचि · adj
पवित्र । शुद्ध । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or sūcī, (prob. to be connected with sūtra, syūta &c. fr. √ siv, ‘to sew’, cf. sūkṣma; in once sūcinā instr.), a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument (e.g. ‘a needle used in surg…
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M1 · same meaning "sūci" is the vocative of "sūcin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sūci" is the vocative of "sūcī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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sūci or sūcī, f. (prob. to be connected with sūtra, syūta &c. fr. √ siv, ‘to sew’, cf. sūkṣma; in R. once sūcinā instr.), a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument (e.g. ‘a needle used in surgery’, ‘a magnet’ &c.), RV. &c. &c.; the sharp point or tip of anything or any pointed object, Kāv.; Car.; BhP.; a rail or balustrade, Divyāv.; a small door-bolt, L.; ‘sharp file or column’, a kind of military array (accord. to Kull. on Mn. vii, 187, ‘placing the sharpest and most active soldiers in front’), Mn.; MBh.; Kām.; an index, table of contents (in books printed in India; cf. -pattra below); a triangle formed by the sides of a trapezium produced till they meet, Col.; a cone, pyramid, ib.; (in astron.) the earth's disc in computing eclipses (or ‘the corrected diameter of the earth’), Sūryas.; gesticulation, dramatic action, L.; a kind of coitus, L.; sight, seeing (= dṛṣṭi), L.; m. (only sūci) the son of Niṣāda and a Vaiśyā, L. a maker of winnowing baskets &c. (cf. sūnā), L.
sūci f. (-ciḥ-cī) 1 A needle. 2 Piercing, perforating. 3 Indication of a passion or feeling by signs, gesture, gesticulation. 4 A mode of dancing. 5 A mode of array, a sharp file or column. 6 A triangle formed by the sides of a trapezium produced to the point of meeting. 7 A cone, a pyramid. 8 (In astronomy,) The earth's disc in computing eclipses. 9 An index, a catalogue. E. sūca to make known, aff. in, and ṅīṣ optionally added; or siva to sew, &c., Uṇādi aff. caṭa; see sūca.
sūcin mfn. spying, informing, W.
piercing perforating, ib.
sūci or sūcī, f. (prob. to be connected with sūtra, syūta &c. fr. √ siv, ‘to sew’, cf. sūkṣma; in R. once sūcinā instr.), a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument (e.g. ‘a needle used in surgery’, ‘a magnet’ &c.), RV. &c. &c.; the sharp point or tip of anything or any pointed object, Kāv.; Car.; BhP.; a rail or balustrade, Divyāv.; a small door-bolt, L.; ‘sharp file or column’, a kind of military array (accord. to Kull. on Mn. vii, 187, ‘placing the sharpest and most active soldiers in front’), Mn.; MBh.; Kām.; an index, table of contents (in books printed in India; cf. -pattra below); a triangle formed by the sides of a trapezium produced till they meet, Col.; a cone, pyramid, ib.; (in astron.) the earth's disc in computing eclipses (or ‘the corrected diameter of the earth’), Sūryas.; gesticulation, dramatic action, L.; a kind of coitus, L.; sight, seeing (= dṛṣṭi), L.; m. (only sūci) the son of Niṣāda and a Vaiśyā, L. a maker of winnowing baskets &c. (cf. sūnā), L.
sūcī f. (= sūcī), in comp.
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