नति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नति (nati).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.t̪iː/, [n̪ə.t̪iː]

Noun

नति • (nati) f (rare, formal)

Declension

Declension of नति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नति nati	नतियाँ natiyā̃
oblique	नति nati	नतियों natiyõ
vocative	नति nati	नतियो natiyo

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “नति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
নতি (Assamese script)
নতি (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
નતિ (Gujarati script)
ਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
នតិ (Khmer script)
ನತಿ (Kannada script)
ນຕິ (Lao script)
നതി (Malayalam script)
𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
နတိ (Burmese script)
𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ନତି (Oriya script)
ꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
නති (Sinhalese script)
నతి (Telugu script)
นติ (Thai script)
ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *natiš, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-. Synchronically analysable as नम् (nam, “to bow, submit”, root) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ti/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.t̪i/

Noun

नति • (nati) f

bending, bowing, stooping, modesty, humility
inclination or parallax in latitude
curvature, crookedness
the change of a dental letter to a cerebral

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of नति (nati)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नतिः natiḥ	नती natī	नतयः natayaḥ
Vocative	नते nate	नती natī	नतयः natayaḥ
Accusative	नतिम् natim	नती natī	नतीः natīḥ
Instrumental	नत्या natyā	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभिः natibhiḥ
Dative	नतये / नत्ये¹ / नत्यै² nataye / natye¹ / natyai²	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभ्यः natibhyaḥ
Ablative	नतेः / नत्याः² nateḥ / natyāḥ²	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभ्यः natibhyaḥ
Genitive	नतेः / नत्याः² nateḥ / natyāḥ²	नत्योः natyoḥ	नतीनाम् natīnām
Locative	नतौ / नत्याम्² natau / natyām²	नत्योः natyoḥ	नतिषु natiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants

→ Hindi: नति (nati) (learned)
→ Tamil: நதி (nati)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “नति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526, column 1.

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