रुचि

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) interest, taste something that one is interested in
 * 2) A male given name
 * 1) A male given name

Etymology
From the root.

Noun

 * 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,  infinitive or compound
 * ruciṃ-√dā or rucaye-√bhū — to please
 * rucim ā-√vah, with datative — to excite a desire for
 * or — at pleasure, at will
 * 1) a kind of coitus
 * 2) a kind of pigment (= )
 * 3) name of an Apsaras
 * 4) name of the wife of Devaśarman

Proper noun

 * 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

 * 1) pleasant, agreeable (= )