विनति

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विनति (vinati). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ नति (nati).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.nə.t̪iː/,

विनति • (vi-nati) f (rare, formal)

1. bowing, obeisance to
2. humility, modesty

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪn.t̪iː/,

विनति • (vinti) f

1. Alternative spelling of विनती (vintī, “request”)

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

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *winatiš, from Proto-Indo-European *wi- + *nem- + *-tis. By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ नम् (nam) +‎ -ति (-ti).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.nɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

विनति • (vinati) stem, f

1. bowing, obeisance to
2. humility, modesty

• → Hindi: विनति (vinti) (learned)
• → Telugu: వినతి (vinati) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “विनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 969, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विनति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vinati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press