पत्ति

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun

पत्ति f

1. Devanagari script form of patti (“arrival”)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

पत्ति m

1. Devanagari script form of patti (“infantryman”)

Declension

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Noun

पत्ति (patti) f

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (“gain”)

Etymology 2

Noun

पत्ति (patti) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (“infantry”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *patˢtíš (“foot-soldier, infantryman, pedestrian”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tí-s (“pedestrian”), from *ped-. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎡 (p-s-t-i /⁠pasti⁠/, “infantryman, foot-soldier”), Ossetian фестӕг (festæg, “pedestrian”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐt.tí/,
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐt̪.t̪i/,

Noun

पत्ति • (pattí) stem, m

1. a foot soldier, an infantryman (a soldier who fights on foot)
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.2.12:

     नम उच्चैर्घोषायाक्रन्दयते पत्तीनाम् पतये नमः ।

     nama uccairghoṣāyākrandayate pattīnām pataye namaḥ.

     Homage to he who calls out loudly, to he who screams, to the leader of infantrymen, homage!

     c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 7.62.1:

     अयम् अग्निः सत्पतिर् वृद्धवृष्णो रथीव पत्तीन् अजयत् पुरोहितः ।
     नाभा पृथिव्यां निहितो दविद्युतद् अधस् पदं कृणुतां ये पृतन्यवः ॥

     ayam agniḥ satpatir vṛddhavṛṣṇo rathīva pattīn ajayat purohitaḥ.
     nābhā pṛthivyāṃ nihito davidyutad adhas padaṃ kṛṇutāṃ ye pṛtanyavaḥ.

     Like a warrior on a chariot, Agni here, grown mighty, Lord of the brave, Chief Priest, hath subdued the foot-soldiers.
     Laid on earth's centre he hath flashed and glittered. May he lay our enemies low beneath us.

2. a pedestrian

Declension

Descendants

• Pali: patti
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (patti)
  • Assamese: পাতি (pati, “pedestrian”)
• → Balinese: ᬧᬢ᭄ᬢᬶ

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पत्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 583, column 1.