पति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पति (pati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.t̪iː/,

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Noun

पति • (pati) m (feminine पत्नी, Urdu spelling پتی)

1. husband

   Synonyms: शौहर (śauhar), ख़ावंद (xāvand)

2. master, lord

Declension

Derived terms

• करोड़पति (karoṛapti)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पति (pati).

Noun

पति • (pati) m

1. lord

Descendants

• Gujarati: પતિ (pati)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

पति m

1. Devanagari script form of pati (“boss”)

Declension

Verb

पति

1. Devanagari script form of pati, which is second/third-person singular aorist active of पतति (patati, “to fall”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *pótis. Cognate with Albanian pata, Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (paⁱti), Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis), Latin potis, Lithuanian pàts.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.t̪i/

Noun

पति • (páti) stem, m

1. husband
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.145.1:

     इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम् ।
     यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम् ॥

     imāṃ khanāmyoṣadhiṃ vīrudhaṃ balavattamām .
     yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim .

     I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power, from out the earth
     With which one quells the co-wife and gains the husband for herself.

2. lord, master
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.4:

     गाथपतिं मेधपतिं रुद्रं जलाषभेषजम् ।
     तच्छंयोः सुम्नमीमहे ॥

     gāthapatiṃ medhapatiṃ rudraṃ jalāṣabheṣajam .
     tacchaṃyoḥ sumnamīmahe .

     To Rudra, the lord of hymns, lord of sacrifices and possessing balmy medicines,
     We pray for joy and health and strength.

3. master, owner, possessor, lord, ruler, sovereign

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: পৈ (poi)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀇 (paï)
• → Old Gujarati: पति (pati) (learned)
  • Gujarati: પતિ (pati)
• Pali: pati
• → Hindi: पति (pati)
• → Bengali: পতি (poti)
• → Malay: patih
  • Indonesian: patih
• → Indonesian: pati
• → Kannada: ಪತಿ (pati)
• → Khmer: ប្តី (pdəy)
• → Tamil: பதி (pati)

Noun

पति • (páti) stem, f

1. a female possessor, mistress
2. wife

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 73-4