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नाती

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi ناتی (naty /⁠nātī⁠/),[1] from Old Hindi नांती (nāṃtī /⁠nā̃tī⁠/), from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (naptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɑː.t̪iː/, [näː.t̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: ना‧ती
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

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नाती (nātīm (feminine नातिन, Urdu spelling ناتِی)

  1. daughter's son, maternal grandson
    Coordinate term: पोता (potā, son's son)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ناتی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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Nepali

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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नाती (nātīm

  1. alternative form of नाति (nāti)

Declension

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Declension of नाती
Singular Plural
nominative नाती [nät̪i] नातीहरू [nät̪iɦʌɾu]
accusative नातीलाई [nät̪iläi] नातीहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative नातीले [nät̪ile] नातीहरूले [nät̪iɦʌɾule]
dative नातीलाई [nät̪iläi] नातीहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
ablative नातीबाट [nät̪ibäʈʌ] नातीहरूबाट [nät̪iɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive नातीको [nät̪iko] नातीहरूको [nät̪iɦʌɾuko]
locative नातीमा [nät̪imä] नातीहरूमा [nät̪iɦʌɾumä]
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

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  • नाती”, 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