ناتی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi ناتی (naty /⁠nātī⁠/), from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Old Hindi नांती (nāṃtī /⁠nā̃tī⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (naptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.t̪iː/
• Hyphenation: نا‧تی
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ناتی • (nātī) m (feminine ناتِن (nātin), Hindi spelling नाती)

1. daughter's son, maternal grandson

   Coordinate term: پوتا (potā, “son's son”)

Declension

Declension of ناتی
	singular	plural
direct	ناتی (nātī)	ناتی (nātī)
oblique	ناتی (nātī)	ناتِیوں (nātiyõ)
vocative	ناتی (nātī)	ناتِیو (nātiyo)

Further reading

More information

• Platts, John T. (1884) “ناتی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1112
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náptr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 400