प्रतीति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतीति (pratīti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.t̪iː.t̪iː/, [pɾɐ.t̪iː.t̪iː]

Noun

प्रतीति • (pratīti) f

1. faith, belief; conviction

   Synonym: यक़ीन (yaqīn)

2. knowledge, clarity

Declension

Declension of प्रतीति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियाँ pratītiyā̃
oblique	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियों pratītiyõ
vocative	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियो pratītiyo

Related terms

• प्रतीति करना (pratīti karnā, “to believe”)
• प्रतीति होना (pratīti honā, “to be evident”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रतीति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratîti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Etymology

प्रति (prati, “práti”) +‎ इति (iti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tiː.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t̪iː.t̪i/

Noun

प्रतीति • (pratīti) stem, f

1. trust, credit
2. respect
3. delight
4. fame, notoriety, reputation
   • c. 700 CE, Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita :

     एतं च विकलं स्कन्धेनोदुह्य देशादृेशान्तरं परिभ्रमन्ती पतिव्रताप्रतीतिं लेभे

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of प्रतीति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रतीतिः (pratītiḥ)	प्रतीती (pratītī)	प्रतीतयः (pratītayaḥ)
vocative	प्रतीते (pratīte)	प्रतीती (pratītī)	प्रतीतयः (pratītayaḥ)
accusative	प्रतीतिम् (pratītim)	प्रतीती (pratītī)	प्रतीतीः (pratītīḥ)
instrumental	प्रतीत्या (pratītyā) प्रतीती¹ (pratītī¹)	प्रतीतिभ्याम् (pratītibhyām)	प्रतीतिभिः (pratītibhiḥ)
dative	प्रतीतये (pratītaye) प्रतीत्यै² (pratītyai²) प्रतीती¹ (pratītī¹)	प्रतीतिभ्याम् (pratītibhyām)	प्रतीतिभ्यः (pratītibhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रतीतेः (pratīteḥ) प्रतीत्याः² (pratītyāḥ²) प्रतीत्यै³ (pratītyai³)	प्रतीतिभ्याम् (pratītibhyām)	प्रतीतिभ्यः (pratītibhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रतीतेः (pratīteḥ) प्रतीत्याः² (pratītyāḥ²) प्रतीत्यै³ (pratītyai³)	प्रतीत्योः (pratītyoḥ)	प्रतीतीनाम् (pratītīnām)
locative	प्रतीतौ (pratītau) प्रतीत्याम्² (pratītyām²) प्रतीता¹ (pratītā¹)	प्रतीत्योः (pratītyoḥ)	प्रतीतिषु (pratītiṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• अनप्रतीती (anapratītī)

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रतीति (pratīti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रतीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 679.