इति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইতি (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ইতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဣတိ (Burmese script)
• ઇતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಇತಿ (Kannada script)
• ឥតិ (Khmer script)
• ອິຕິ (Lao script)
• ഇതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଇତି (Odia script)
• ꢄꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ඉති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• இதி (Tamil script)
• ఇతి (Telugu script)
• อิติ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to इदम् (idám), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ís. Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬬 (uiti, ūitī), Latin ita, Lithuanian it (“just like, in a manner of speaking”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /í.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.t̪i/

Particle

इति • (íti) (base इ)

1. in this manner, thus (used to delimit quotes)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3.195.7:

     समुद्र वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः।
     आगम्य च स दुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ।
     बाधते स्म परं शक्त्या तम उदङ्काश्रमं प्रभो॥

     samudra vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ.
     āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha.
     bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tama udaṅkāśramaṃ prabho.

2. as you know
3. having done, then

   इत्य् उक्त्वा ― ity uktvā ― having said thus

Descendants

• Pali: iti

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “íti”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 189
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “íti”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 236