इति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬇᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ইতি (Assamese script)
• ইতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌇𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ઇતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦆꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ឥតិ (Khmer script)
• ಇತಿ (Kannada script)
• ອິຕິ (Lao script)
• ഇതി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘂𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ဣတိ (Burmese script)
• 𑦢𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଇତି (Oriya script)
• ꢄꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ఇతి (Telugu script)
• อิติ (Thai script)
• ཨིཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬬‎ (uiti, ūitī). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /í.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.t̪i/

Particle

इति • (íti) (base इ)

1. in this manner, thus (used to delimit quotes)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3.195.7:

     समुद्र वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः।
     आगम्य च स दुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ।
     बाधते स्म परं शक्त्या तम उदङ्काश्रमं प्रभो ॥

     samudra vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ.
     āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha.
     bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tama udaṅkāśramaṃ prabho .

2. as you know
3. having done, then

   इत्य् उक्त्वा ― ity uktvā ― having said thus

Descendants

• Pali: iti

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “इति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 165.