कति

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See also: किती, कृति, क्त, केतु, कृत्, and किंतु

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪iː/,

Particle

कति • (kati) (Urdu spelling کتى)

(rare, formal) how many

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “कति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Phonetic Devanagari: कति

Determiner

कति • (kati)

how much, how many
त्यहाँ कति वटा किताब छन् ?
tyahā̃ kati waṭā kitāb chan ?
How many books are there?

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কতি (Assamese script)
ᬓᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
কতি (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ကတိ (Burmese script)
કતિ (Gujarati script)
ਕਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಕತಿ (Kannada script)
កតិ (Khmer script)
ກຕິ (Lao script)
കതി (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
କତି (Odia script)
ꢒꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
කති (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
கதி (Tamil script)
కతి (Telugu script)
กติ (Thai script)
ཀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos, *kʷis. Cognate with Ancient Greek κόσος (kósos) and Latin quot.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪i/

Particle

कति • (káti)

how many
भारते कति राज्यानि सन्ति?
bhārate kati rājyāni santi?
How many states are there in India?

Descendants

See also descendants of कतिपय (katipaya).

Pali: kati
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀇 (kaï), 𑀓𑀇𑀅 (kaïa)
- Bengali: কয় (koẏ), ক (ko)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 246, column 3.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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