अति

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अति (áti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.t̪iː/,
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Adverb

अति (ati)

  1. (literary, superlative) very, greatly
    अति उत्तमati uttamvery good
    अति महत्वपूर्णati mahatvapūrṇvery important

Noun

अति (atif

  1. excess, surplus

Declension

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अति (ati).

Pronunciation

Adverb

अति (ati)

  1. excessively, extremely

Noun

अति (atif

  1. excess, surplus
    Synonyms: अधिक (adhik), जास्त (jāsta)
  2. (grammar) a prefix (for extreme)

Verb

अति (ati)

  1. surpassing, exceeding, transcending

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अति”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अति”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Adverb

अति

  1. Devanagari script form of ati (very)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (over). Cognate with Latin et (and), Ancient Greek ἔτι (éti, yet), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (aiti), Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎹 (a-t-y /⁠atiy⁠/), Proto-Germanic *idi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

अति (áti)

  1. (prefixed to verbs) over-
  2. (prefixed to nouns) beyond
  3. (prefixed to adjectives) excessively, exceedingly, very
  4. (independently) at the top, over[1]

Descendants

  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: دى (di, also)
    • Kashmiri: تِہ (tih, and, also, too), تہٕ (tụ)/तॖ (tụ)(tụ, "and, also, too")
  • Hindi: अति (ati) (learned)
  • Bengali: অতি (oti) (learned)
  • Konkani: अति (ati) (learned)
  • Marathi: अति (ati) (learned)
  • Kannada: ಅತಿ (ati)
  • Punjabi: ਅਤਿ (ati) (learned)
  • Tamil: அதி (ati)
  • Telugu: అతి- (ati-)

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “अति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12, column 2.