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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्रतिन् (vratin). Equivalent to बरत (barat, “fast”) + -ई (-ī, “doer”). Doublet of व्रती (vratī).
Adjective
बरती • (bartī) (indeclinable)
- one who is observing fast (religious abstinence from food)
Noun
बरती • (bartī) m
- one who fasts, a faster
1997, Maitreyi Pushpa, चाक, 2007: second edition, Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 188:‘आज तो तुम्हारी बहन बरती रहेगी। तुम सातों भोजन-पानी कर लो,’ भाभियों ने अपने-अपने पतियों से कहा।- ‘āj to tumhārī bahan bartī rahegī. tum sātõ bhojan-pānī kar lo,’ bhābhiyõ ne apne-apne patiyõ se kahā.
- ‘Your sister will be fasting today. All seven of you have your meals and water,’ the sisters-in-law said to their respective husbands.
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हम अन्न-पानी ग्रहण नहीं करेंगे। भइयों ने ऐलान कर दिया। सो भइया भी निर्जल बरती।- ham ann-pānī grahaṇ nahī̃ kareṅge. bhaiyõ ne ailān kar diyā. so bhaiyā bhī nirjal bartī.
- We will not take food and water. The brothers declared. So the brothers also waterless fasters.
Declension
Declension of बरती (masc ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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बरती bartī
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बरती bartī
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oblique
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बरती bartī
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बरतियों bartiyõ
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vocative
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बरती bartī
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बरतियो bartiyo
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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ति (varti), वर्ती (vartī, “wick of a lamp”). Doublet of बत्ती (battī) and वर्ती (vartī).
Noun
बरती • (bartī) f
- (uncommon) wick (of a lamp etc.)
- Synonyms: बत्ती (battī), (formal, uncommon) वर्ती (vartī)
1961, विश्वनाथ गौड़, quoting महादेवी वर्मा, “जब यह दीप थके तब आना”, in दीपशिखा, 1942, page 88, quoted in आधुनिक हिन्दी-काव्य में रहस्यवाद, वाराणसी: नन्दकिशोर एण्ड संस, page 202:लौ ने बर्ती को जाना है, बर्ती ने यह स्नेह, स्नेह ने / रज का अंचल पहचाना है, / चिर बन्धन में बाँध इन्हें घुलने का वर दे जाना!- lau ne bartī ko jānā hai, bartī ne yah sneh, sneh ne / raj kā añcal pahcānā hai, / cir bandhan mẽ bāndh inhẽ ghulne kā var de jānā!
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1961, विश्वनाथ गौड़, quoting महादेवी वर्मा, “मैं क्यों पूछूँ यह विरह-निशा”, in दीपशिखा, 1942, page 114, quoted in आधुनिक हिन्दी-काव्य में रहस्यवाद, वाराणसी: नन्दकिशोर एण्ड संस, page 203:उर का दीपक चिर स्नेह अतल, सुधि सी शत झंझा में निश्चल / सुख से भीनी दुख से गीली बर्ती सी साँस अशेष रही!- ur kā dīpak cir sneh atal, sudhi sī śat jhañjhā mẽ niścal / sukh se bhīnī dukh se gīlī bartī sī sā̃s aśeṣ rahī!
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Declension
Declension of बरती (fem ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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बरती bartī
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बरतियाँ bartiyā̃
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oblique
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बरती bartī
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बरतियों bartiyõ
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vocative
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बरती bartī
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बरतियो bartiyo
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
बरती • (bartī)
- inflection of बरतना (baratnā):
- feminine singular perfective participle
- feminine singular perfect indicative
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बरती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3393
- Platts, John T. (1884) “برتي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 145
- Verma, Shyam Bahadur (2010) “बरती”, in प्रभात बृहत् हिन्दी शब्दकोश (in Hindi), volume 2, New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 1743