नांती

See also: नत, नति, नत, नाता, नाति, नाती, नाते, नातू, नीत, नीति, नेता, नेतृ, and नौति

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (náptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Cognates

Early New Indo-Aryan cognates include Old Awadhi नाती (nātī), Old Marathi 𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘳 (nātu), Middle Bengali নাতি (nati), নাতিআ (natia).

Noun

नांती (nāṃtī /nā̃tī/) m

1. daughter’s son, grandson
   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 152.3:

     एक लष पुत सवा लष नांती ।
     ता रावण धरि दिवा न बाती ॥३॥

     eka laṣa puta savā laṣa nāṃtī.
     tā rāvaṇa dhari divā na bātī.3.

     /eka lakha puta savā lakha nā̃tī .
     tā rāvaṇa dhari divā na bātī.3./

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       Thousands of sons and thousands of grandsons.
       But in that house of Ravana, the lamps and wicks have gone out.

Descendants

• Bundeli: नाती (nātī)
• Haryanvi: नात्ती (nāttī), नाती (nātī)
• Kannauji: नाती
• Middle Hindi: ناتی (naty /⁠nātī⁠/)
  • Hindustani: nātī

    Hindi: नाती

    Urdu: ناتِی

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náptr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 400