अति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अति (áti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.t̪iː/
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Adverb

अति • (ati)

  1. (literary, superlative) very, greatly
    अति उत्तम ― ati uttam ― very good
    अति महत्वपूर्ण ― ati mahatvapūrṇ ― very important

Noun

अति • (ati) f

  1. excess, surplus

Declension
Declension of अति (fem i-stem)
singular plural
direct अति
ati		 अतियाँ
atiyā̃
oblique अति
ati		 अतियों
atiyõ
vocative अति
ati		 अतियो
atiyo

References
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • ati (Latin script)
  • 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • অতি (Bengali script)
  • අති (Sinhalese script)
  • အတိ or ဢတိ (Burmese script)
  • อติ or อะติ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຕິ or ອະຕິ (Lao script)
  • អតិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Adverb

अति

  1. Devanagari script form of ati (“very”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬅᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • অতি (Assamese script)
  • অতি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌅𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • અતિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦄꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • អតិ (Khmer script)
  • ಅತಿ (Kannada script)
  • ອຕິ (Lao script)
  • അതി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘀𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • အတိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଅତି (Oriya script)
  • ꢂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • අති (Sinhalese script)
  • అతి (Telugu script)
  • อติ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over”). Cognate with Latin et (“and”), Ancient Greek ἔτι (éti, “yet”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (aiti), Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎹 (a-t-y /atiy/), Proto-Germanic *idi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

अति • (áti)

  1. (prefixed to verbs) over-
  2. (prefixed to nouns) beyond
  3. (prefixed to adjectives) excessively, exceedingly, very
  4. (independently) at the top, over[1]

Descendants
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਅਤੇ (ate, “and”), ਅੱਤ (atta, “maximum, extreme, excess”)
  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: دى‎ (di, “also”)
    • Kashmiri: تِہ‎ (tih, “and, also, too”), تہٕ‎ (tụ)/तॖ (tụ)(tụ, "and, also, too")
  • → Hindi: अति (ati) (learned)
  • → Bengali: অতি (oti) (learned)
  • → Konkani: अति (learned)
  • → Marathi: अति (ati) (learned)
  • → Kannada: ಅತಿ (ati)
  • → Punjabi: ਅਤਿ (ati) (learned)
  • → Tamil: அதி (ati)
  • → Telugu: అతి- (ati-)

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899), “अति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12, column 2.
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