کتی

See also: کتي and کپی

Kamkata-viri

Noun

کتی (Katë) (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)

1. alternative form of Katë (“Kata, Katë”)

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

from Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (kutta)

Noun

کُتّی (kuttī)

1. feminine of کُتّا (kuttā, “dog”); bitch
2. (vulgar, offensive) a term of abuse towards females

Declension

Declension of کتی

	singular	plural
direct	کُتّی (kuttī)	کُتّیاں
oblique	کُتّی (kuttī)	کُتّیاں
vocative	کُتّیے (kuttiye)	کُتّیو (kuttīv)
ablative	-	-
locative	-	-
instrumental	-	-

Persian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Farhadi derives it from کتِ (kat-i) ~ قتِ (qat-i), which would explain the initial stress and how it can be used with از (az). He also links it to Kabuli گت (gat, “together”, adjective), from Pashto ګډ (gaḍ). Some suggest it to be from a Turkic language.

Related to Tajik катӣ (kati) ~ қатӣ (qati) and Bukhari kati ~ kəti with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰá.t̪ʰeː], [kʰá.t̪ʰiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰá.t̪ʰeː], [kʰá.t̪ʰiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰá.t̪ʰeː], [kʰá.t̪ʰiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰá.t̪ʰi], [kʰád̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰá.t̪ʰi]

Readings
Dari reading?	katē, katī
Tajik reading?	kati

Preposition

Dari	با, کتی
Iranian Persian	با
Tajik	бо, қатӣ

کتی • (katē or katī)

1. (colloquial Dari, Tajik) with, by, alongside

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

   از برنج کتی گوشت می‌خواهی یا همیالی گشنه نیی

   az birinj kat(ē) gōšt mē-xāyī yā amyālē gušna niyī

   do you want rice and/alongside meat or are you not hungry right now?

   (Dari, colloquial)

   کتی مه بیا ― kat(ē) ma biyā ― come with me (Dari, colloquial)

   کتی از وا موری؟ ― kat(ī) az wā mūrī? ― are you going with them? (Hazaragi)

Alternative forms

• قتی (qatī) (northern Afghanistan)

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?	kati

Proper noun

کتی • (kati)

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

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kútas?

Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (kutta)

Punjabi کُتّا (kuttā)

Punjabi کُتّی (kuttī)

From کُتّا (kuttā), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (kutta), possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kútas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʊt̪.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

کُتّی • (kuttī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁੱਤੀ)

1. feminine of کُتّا (kuttā, “dog”); bitch
2. (vulgar, offensive) a term of abuse towards females

Declension

Declension of کتی

	singular	plural
direct	کُتّی (kuttī)	کُتِّیاں (kuttiyāṉ)
oblique	کُتّی (kuttī)	کُتِّیاں (kuttiyāṉ)
vocative	کُتّئِیے (kutt'iye)	کُتِّیو (kuttiyo)
ablative	کُتِّیوں (kuttiyoṉ)	—
locative	کُتّے (kutte)	کُتِّیں (kuttiīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کُتّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਕੁੱਤੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Particle

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

1. how many

Further reading

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