کتی

See also: کتي and کپی

Kamkata-viri

Noun

کتی (Katë́)

1. Alternative form of Katë́ (“Kata, Katë”)

Persian

Etymology 1

Unknown, but thought to be related to colloquial Tajik қатӣ (qatī), with the same meaning.

Both terms are suggested to be from a Turkic language, but there is little consensus on the matter.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰéː], [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰéː], [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰǽ.t̪ʰɪ], [kʰǽt̪], [kʰǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰǽ.t̪ʰi], [kʰǽt̪], [kʰǽd̪̥]

Readings
Dari reading?	katē, katī

• In some dialects, this term may be perceived as /kad/ or /kat/

Preposition

Dari	با,کتی
Iranian Persian	با
Tajik	бо,қатӣ

کتی • (katē or katī)

1. (Dari, Hazaragi, more colloquial) with, by, alongside

   Synonym: (Iranian; formal in Dari) با (bâ)

   برنج کتی گوشت می‌خایی یا تو آلی خو می‌ری ― birinj kat(ē) gōšt mē-xāyī yā tū ālē xaw mē-rī (Dari, colloquial)

   برنج کتی گوشت می‌خواهی یا تو حالا خواب می‌روی ― birinj katē gōšt mē-xāhī yā tū hālā xāb mē-rawī ― do you want rice and/alongside meat or will you go to bed now? (Dari, more formal)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈtiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	katī
Dari reading?	katī
Iranian reading?	kati
Tajik reading?	katī

Proper noun

کتی • (kati)

1. a diminutive of the female given name کتایون (katâyun).

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪iː/

Particle

کتی • (kati) (Hindi spelling कति) (rare)

1. how many

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “kati”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.