अति

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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.t̪iː/, [ɐ.t̪iː]

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Adverb

अति • (ati)

1. (literary, superlative) very, greatly

   अति उत्तम ― ati uttam ― very good

   अति महत्वपूर्ण ― ati mahatvapūrṇ ― very important

Noun

अति • (ati) f

1. excess, surplus

Declension

Declension of अति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अति ati	अतियाँ atiyā̃
oblique	अति ati	अतियों atiyõ
vocative	अति ati	अतियो atiyo

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ati (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• অতি (Bengali script)
• අති (Sinhalese script)
• အတိ or ဢတိ (Burmese script)
• อติ or อะติ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຕິ or ອະຕິ (Lao script)
• អតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Adverb

अति

1. Devanagari script form of ati (“very”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অতি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• অতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အတိ (Burmese script)
• અતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅತಿ (Kannada script)
• អតិ (Khmer script)
• ອຕິ (Lao script)
• അതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅତି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• அதி (Tamil script)
• అతి (Telugu script)
• อติ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.t̪i/

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

Descendants

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਅਤੇ (ate, “and”), ਅੱਤ (atta, “maximum, extreme, excess”)
• 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-)