एति

See also: एतां

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• eti (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• এতি (Bengali script)
• එති (Sinhalese script)
• ဧတိ or ဨတိ or ဢေတိ (Burmese script)
• เอติ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອຕິ (Lao script)
• ឯតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

एति

1. Devanagari script form of eti “to come”

Conjugation

Conjugation of "एति"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	एमि (emi)	एम (ema)
2nd	एसि (esi)	एथ (etha)
3rd	एति (eti)	एन्ति (enti) or यन्ति (yanti)
Imperative
1st	एमि (emi)	एम (ema)
2nd	एहि (ehi)	एथ (etha)
3rd	एतु (etu)	एन्तु (entu)
Optative
1st	एय्यामि (eyyāmi) or एय्यं (eyyaṃ)	एय्याम (eyyāma)
2nd	एय्यासि (eyyāsi)	एय्याथ (eyyātha)
3rd	एय्य (eyya)	एय्युं (eyyuṃ)

• Present active participle: एन्त (enta), which see for forms and usage

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এতি (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• এতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဧတိ (Burmese script)
• એતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಏತಿ (Kannada script)
• ឯតិ (Khmer script)
• ເອຕິ (Lao script)
• ഏതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଏତି (Odia script)
• ꢍꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• එති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஏதி (Tamil script)
• ఏతి (Telugu script)
• เอติ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háyti

Sanskrit एति॑

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háyti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti, from *h₁ey-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi, “to go”), Latin eō (“to go”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-i-t-i-y /⁠aitiy⁠/, “goes”), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬌 (aēti), Lithuanian eiti.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.t̪i/

Verb

एति॑ • (éti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root इ)

1. to go, walk
2. to flow
3. to blow
4. to advance, spread, get about
5. to go to or towards (with accusative)
6. to go away, escape, pass, retire
7. to arise from, come from
8. to return (in this sense only future tense)
9. (with पुनर् (punar)) to come back again, return
10. to succeed
11. to arrive at, reach, obtain
12. to fall into, come to
13. to approach with prayers, gain by asking
14. to undertake anything (with accusative)
15. to be employed in, go on with, continue in any condition or relation
16. to appear

Conjugation

As middle, अय॑ते (áyate) is used.

Present: एति॑ (éti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	एति॑ éti	इ॒तः itáḥ	यन्ति॑ yánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	एषि॑ éṣi	इ॒थः itháḥ	इ॒थ ithá	- -	- -	- -
First	एमि॑ émi	इ॒वः iváḥ	इ॒मः / इ॒मसि॑¹ imáḥ / imási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	एतु॑ étu	इ॒ताम् itā́m	यन्तु॑ yántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	इ॒हि ihí	इ॒तम् itám	इ॒त itá	- -	- -	- -
First	अया॑नि áyāni	अया॑व áyāva	अया॑म áyāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	इ॒यात् iyā́t	इ॒याता॑म् iyā́tām	इ॒युः iyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	इ॒याः iyā́ḥ	इ॒यात॑म् iyā́tam	इ॒यात॑ iyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	इ॒याम् iyā́m	इ॒याव॑ iyā́va	इ॒याम॑ iyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	अय॑त् / अय॑ति áyat / áyati	अय॑तः áyataḥ	अय॑न् áyan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अयः॑ / अय॑सि áyaḥ / áyasi	अय॑थः áyathaḥ	अय॑थ áyatha	- -	- -	- -
First	अया॑नि / अया॑ áyāni / áyā	अया॑व áyāva	अया॑म áyāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	यत् yát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: ऐत् (áit)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	ऐत् áit	ऐता॑म् áitām	आय॑न् ā́yan	- -	- -	- -
Second	ऐः áiḥ	ऐत॑म् áitam	ऐत॑ áita	- -	- -	- -
First	आय॑म् ā́yam	ऐव॑ áiva	ऐम॑ áima	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀏𑀢𑀺 (eti)
  • Prakrit: 𑀏𑀇 (ei), 𑀏𑀤𑀺 (edi) — Śaurasenī
    • Insular Indo-Aryan:
      • Sinhalese: එනවා (enawā)
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Konkani: येव्चे / ಯೆವ್ಚೆ / ievchem (yevce)
      • Old Marathi: 𑘊𑘜𑘹 / एणे (eṇe), 𑘧𑘹𑘜𑘹 / येणे (yeṇe)
        • Marathi: येणे (yeṇe)
• Dardic:
  • Dameli: y
• Pali: eti

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “इ 5.i”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 163, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḗti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press