वृद्धि

Hindi

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वृद्धि (vṛ́ddhi). Doublet of बाढ़ (bāṛh), a tadbhava.

वृद्धि • (vŕddhi) f (Urdu spelling وردھی‎)

Declension of वृद्धि (fem i-stem)

Platts, John T. (1884), “वृद्धि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

From the root वृध् (vṛdh, “to grow”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

वृद्धि • (vṛ́ddhi) f

cutting off, abscission
(law) forfeiture, deduction
growth, increase, augmentation, rise, advancement, extension, welfare, prosperity, success, fortune, happiness
elevation (of ground)
prolongation (of life)
swelling (of the body)
enlargement of the scrotum (either from swelled testicle or hydrocele)
swelling or rising (of the sea or of the waters), waxing (of the moon)
gain, profit
profit from lending money etc., usury, interest
(grammar) vrddhi
one of the 8 principal drugs (described as mild, cooling etc.; and a remedy for phlegm. leprosy, and worms)
name of the 11th of the astrological yogas (or the yoga star of the 11th lunar mansion)

Feminine i-stem declension of वृद्धि (vṛ́ddhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वृद्धिः vṛ́ddhiḥ	वृद्धी vṛ́ddhī	वृद्धयः vṛ́ddhayaḥ
Vocative	वृद्धे vṛ́ddhe	वृद्धी vṛ́ddhī	वृद्धयः vṛ́ddhayaḥ
Accusative	वृद्धिम् vṛ́ddhim	वृद्धी vṛ́ddhī	वृद्धीः vṛ́ddhīḥ
Instrumental	वृद्ध्या vṛ́ddhyā	वृद्धिभ्याम् vṛ́ddhibhyām	वृद्धिभिः vṛ́ddhibhiḥ
Dative	वृद्धये / वृद्ध्ये¹ / वृद्ध्यै² vṛ́ddhaye / vṛ́ddhye¹ / vṛ́ddhyai²	वृद्धिभ्याम् vṛ́ddhibhyām	वृद्धिभ्यः vṛ́ddhibhyaḥ
Ablative	वृद्धेः / वृद्ध्याः² vṛ́ddheḥ / vṛ́ddhyāḥ²	वृद्धिभ्याम् vṛ́ddhibhyām	वृद्धिभ्यः vṛ́ddhibhyaḥ
Genitive	वृद्धेः / वृद्ध्याः² vṛ́ddheḥ / vṛ́ddhyāḥ²	वृद्ध्योः vṛ́ddhyoḥ	वृद्धीनाम् vṛ́ddhīnām
Locative	वृद्धौ / वृद्ध्याम्² vṛ́ddhau / vṛ́ddhyām²	वृद्ध्योः vṛ́ddhyoḥ	वृद्धिषु vṛ́ddhiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

→ English: vṛddhi, vrddhi, vr̥ddhi, vriddhi
→ Hindi: वृद्धि (vŕddhi)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺 (vaḍḍhi)
- Bhojpuri:
  - Devanagari: बाढ़ि (bāṛhi)
  - Kaithi: 𑂥𑂰𑂜𑂱 (bāṛhi)
- Hindi: बाढ़ (bāṛh)

Monier Williams (1899), “वृद्धि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.

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