प्रति

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See also: प्रांत and प्रीति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रति (prati).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.t̪iː/,

Noun

प्रति • (prati) f

  1. copy
    मुझे इस पत्रिका की प्रति चाहिए।
    mujhe is patrikā kī prati cāhie.
    I would like a copy of this journal.

Declension

Declension of प्रति (fem i-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रति
prati 		प्रतियाँ
pratiyā̃
oblique प्रति
prati 		प्रतियों
pratiyõ
vocative प्रति
prati 		प्रतियो
pratiyo

Postposition

प्रति • (prati)

  1. towards

Preposition

प्रति • (prati)

  1. per
    सोने का दाम चढ़कर ३०,७८० रुपये प्रति १० ग्राम हो गया है।
    sone kā dām caṛhkar 30,780 rupye prati 10 grām ho gayā hai.
    The price of gold has climbed to 30,780 rupees per 10 grams.

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *práti, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *próti, *préti. Cognates include Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (paiti), Ancient Greek πρός (prós), Latin pretium.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    प्रति • (práti)

    1. towards, near, approach
    2. against
    3. regarding, concerning
    4. per, according to

    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “प्रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 661/2.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 176-7

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prati”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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