तुलसी
See also: तुळस
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ʊl.siː/
Noun
तुलसी • (tulsī) f (Urdu spelling تلسی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तुलसी tulsī |
तुलसियाँ tulsiyā̃ |
| oblique | तुलसी tulsī |
तुलसियों tulsiyõ |
| vocative | तुलसी tulsī |
तुलसियो tulsiyo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তুলসী (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬸᬮᬲᬷ (Balinese script)
- তুলসী (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰲𑰩𑰭𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀼𑀮𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- တုလသီ (Burmese script)
- તુલસી (Gujarati script)
- ਤੁਲਸੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑍁𑌲𑌸𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦸꦭꦱꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂳𑂪𑂮𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ತುಲಸೀ (Kannada script)
- តុលសី (Khmer script)
- ຕຸລສີ (Lao script)
- തുലസീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᡠᠯᠠᠰ᠌ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘳𑘩𑘭𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠤᠯᠠᠰᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧔𑧉𑧍𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐸𑐮𑐳𑐷 (Newa script)
- ତୁଲସୀ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢸꢭꢱꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆶𑆬𑆱𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖲𑖩𑖭𑖱 (Siddham script)
- තුලසී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩒𑩽𑪁𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚰𑚥𑚨𑚯 (Takri script)
- துலஸீ (Tamil script)
- తులసీ (Telugu script)
- ตุลสี (Thai script)
- ཏུ་ལ་སཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒳𑒪𑒮𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨃𑨬𑨰𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tuḷacV (“holy basil”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪u.l̪ɐ.s̪iː/
Noun
तुलसी • (tulasī) stem, f
- basil (a sacred plant for Vaishnavas)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तुलसी (tulasī) | तुलस्यौ (tulasyau) | तुलस्यः (tulasyaḥ) |
| accusative | तुलसीम् (tulasīm) | तुलस्यौ (tulasyau) | तुलसीः (tulasīḥ) |
| instrumental | तुलस्या (tulasyā) | तुलसीभ्याम् (tulasībhyām) | तुलसीभिः (tulasībhiḥ) |
| dative | तुलस्यै (tulasyai) | तुलसीभ्याम् (tulasībhyām) | तुलसीभ्यः (tulasībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तुलस्याः (tulasyāḥ) | तुलसीभ्याम् (tulasībhyām) | तुलसीभ्यः (tulasībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तुलस्याः (tulasyāḥ) | तुलस्योः (tulasyoḥ) | तुलसीनाम् (tulasīnām) |
| locative | तुलस्याम् (tulasyām) | तुलस्योः (tulasyoḥ) | तुलसीषु (tulasīṣu) |
| vocative | तुलसि (tulasi) | तुलस्यौ (tulasyau) | तुलस्यः (tulasyaḥ) |
Descendants
- → Bengali: তুলসী (tulśi)
- → Hindi: तुलसी (tulsī)
- → Kannada: ತುಲಸಿ (tulasi)
- → Marathi: तुळस (tuḷas)
- → Telugu: తులసి (tulasi)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “tulasī”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 252
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “तुलसी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 451, column 3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tulasī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 336
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “tulasī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.