कटि

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi). Cognate with Marathi कटि (kaṭi) and Nepali कटि (kaṭi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.ʈiː/,

Noun

कटि (kaṭif (Urdu spelling کٹی)

  1. (anatomy, formal) the waist
    Synonym: (more common) कमर (kamar)

Declension

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi). Cognate with Hindustani کٹی / कटि (kaṭi) and Nepali कटि (kaṭi).

Pronunciation

Noun

कटि (kaṭif

  1. (anatomy) waist, hips, buttocks
    Synonym: कंबर (kambar)

Further reading

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कटि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “कटि”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi). Cognate with Hindustani کٹی / कटि (kaṭi) and Marathi कटि (kaṭi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari: कटि

Noun

कटि (kaṭi)

  1. (anatomy) hips, waist, loins, buttocks

Declension

Declension of कटि
Singular Plural
nominative कटि कटिहरू
accusative कटिलाई कटिहरूलाई
instrumental/ergative कटिले कटिहरूले
dative कटिलाई कटिहरूलाई
ablative कटिबाट कटिहरूबाट
genitive कटिको कटिहरूको
locative कटिमा कटिहरूमा
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “कटि”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கடம் (kaṭam, mountain side, elephant's temple), Kannada ಕಡೆ (kaḍe, side, end), Telugu కడ (kaḍa).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

कटि (kaṭi) stemf

  1. (anatomy) the waist
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कटि
  2. the hips, buttocks
  3. an elephant's cheek
  4. the entrance of a temple

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of कटि (kaṭi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कटिः
kaṭiḥ
कटी
kaṭī
कटयः
kaṭayaḥ
Vocative कटे
kaṭe
कटी
kaṭī
कटयः
kaṭayaḥ
Accusative कटिम्
kaṭim
कटी
kaṭī
कटीः
kaṭīḥ
Instrumental कट्या / कटी¹
kaṭyā / kaṭī¹
कटिभ्याम्
kaṭibhyām
कटिभिः
kaṭibhiḥ
Dative कटये / कट्यै² / कटी¹
kaṭaye / kaṭyai² / kaṭī¹
कटिभ्याम्
kaṭibhyām
कटिभ्यः
kaṭibhyaḥ
Ablative कटेः / कट्याः² / कट्यै³
kaṭeḥ / kaṭyāḥ² / kaṭyai³
कटिभ्याम्
kaṭibhyām
कटिभ्यः
kaṭibhyaḥ
Genitive कटेः / कट्याः² / कट्यै³
kaṭeḥ / kaṭyāḥ² / kaṭyai³
कट्योः
kaṭyoḥ
कटीनाम्
kaṭīnām
Locative कटौ / कट्याम्² / कटा¹
kaṭau / kaṭyām² / kaṭā¹
कट्योः
kaṭyoḥ
कटिषु
kaṭiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

Borrowed terms

  • Assamese: কটি (koti)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: कटि (kaṭi)
    Urdu: کٹی (kaṭi)
  • Marathi: कटि (kaṭi)
  • Nepali: कटि (kaṭi)

References

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

Further reading