रुचिकर

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रुचिकर (rucikara).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾʊ.t͡ʃɪ.kəɾ/, [ɾʊ.t͡ʃɪ.kɐɾ]

रुचिकर • (rucikar)

1. interesting, appealing, likable

   Synonym: रोचक (rocak)

2. tasty, palatable

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “रुचिकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4186
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “रुचिकर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 546.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रुचिकर (rucikara). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘨𑘳𑘓𑘲𑘎𑘨 (rucikara). By surface analysis, रुची (rucī, “interest, flavor”) +‎ -कर (-kar). Doublet of रुचकर (ruckar).

• IPA^(key): /ɾu.t͡ɕi.kəɾ/
• Hyphenation: रु‧चि‧कर
• Rhymes: -əɾ

रुचिकर • (rucikar) (indeclinable) (rare)

1. interesting; engaging; intriguing; appealing to the mind or curiosity.
2. that makes tasteful or palatable; sapid, savory, tasty; used especially of condiments.

• रोचक (rocak)

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “रुचिकर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press