नति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नति (nati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.t̪iː/, [nɐ.t̪iː]

Noun

नति • (nati) f (rare, formal)

1. bowing, bending
2. a deferential greeting, bow
3. deferential manner
4. curvature, crookedness

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

• নতি (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• নতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• နတိ (Burmese script)
• નતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ನತಿ (Kannada script)
• នតិ (Khmer script)
• ນຕິ (Lao script)
• നതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ନତି (Odia script)
• ꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• නති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• நதி (Tamil script)
• నతి (Telugu script)
• นติ (Thai script)
• ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square 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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Noun

नति • (nati) stem, f

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

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of नति

	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) नती¹ (natī¹)	नतिभ्याम् (natibhyām)	नतिभिः (natibhiḥ)
dative	नतये (nataye) नत्यै² (natyai²) नती¹ (natī¹)	नतिभ्याम् (natibhyām)	नतिभ्यः (natibhyaḥ)
ablative	नतेः (nateḥ) नत्याः² (natyāḥ²) नत्यै³ (natyai³)	नतिभ्याम् (natibhyām)	नतिभ्यः (natibhyaḥ)
genitive	नतेः (nateḥ) नत्याः² (natyāḥ²) नत्यै³ (natyai³)	नत्योः (natyoḥ)	नतीनाम् (natīnām)
locative	नतौ (natau) नत्याम्² (natyām²) नता¹ (natā¹)	नत्योः (natyoḥ)	नतिषु (natiṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

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.