nīti

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ti
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ti

Noun

nīti

  1. correct procedure
  2. right or wise conduct
  3. politics
  4. wisdom
  5. prudence
  6. line of action, plan

Adjective

nīti

  1. tactful, prudent
  2. wise

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “wise conduct; good policy”) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬦᬷᬢᬶ (niti, “guidance, directing; holy, pure”)

Further reading

  • "nīti" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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Noun

nīti f

  1. law, guidance

Declension

Declension table of "nīti" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nītinītiyo or nītī
Accusative (second)nītiṃnītiyo or nītī
Instrumental (third)nītiyānītīhi or nītībhi
Dative (fourth)nītiyānītīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nītiyā or nītyānītīhi or nītībhi
Genitive (sixth)nītiyānītīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)nītiyā or nītiyaṃ or nītyaṃnītīsu
Vocative (calling)nītinītiyo or nītī
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