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): /ˈn̪ɐ.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 (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 / नती¹ natyā / natī¹	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभिः natibhiḥ
Dative	नतये / नत्यै² / नती¹ nataye / natyai² / natī¹	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभ्यः natibhyaḥ
Ablative	नतेः / नत्याः² / नत्यै³ nateḥ / natyāḥ² / natyai³	नतिभ्याम् natibhyām	नतिभ्यः natibhyaḥ
Genitive	नतेः / नत्याः² / नत्यै³ nateḥ / natyāḥ² / natyai³	नत्योः natyoḥ	नतीनाम् natīnām
Locative	नतौ / नत्याम्² / नता¹ natau / natyām² / natā¹	नत्योः natyoḥ	नतिषु natiṣu
Notes	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.