नाति

Nepali

Etymology

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

Cognates

Cognate with Hindi नाती (nātī), Marathi नातू (nātū), Konkani नाथु (nāthu), Bengali নাতি (nati), Assamese নাতি (nati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nät̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: नाति

Noun

नाति • (nāti) m

1. grandson

Declension

Declension of नाति
	Singular	Plural
nominative	नाति [nät̪i]	नातिहरू [nät̪iɦʌɾu]
accusative	नातिलाई [nät̪iläi]	नातिहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	नातिले [nät̪ile]	नातिहरूले [nät̪iɦʌɾule]
dative	नातिलाई [nät̪iläi]	नातिहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	नातिबाट [nät̪ibäʈʌ]	नातिहरूबाट [nät̪iɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	नातिको [nät̪iko]	नातिहरूको [nät̪iɦʌɾuko]
locative	नातिमा [nät̪imä]	नातिहरूमा [nät̪iɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

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

Further reading

• “नाति”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “नाति”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar