इति

Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy. The use of íti as a quotative marker is an Indo-Aryan innovation.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /í.t̪i/
• (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

References

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