कति

See also: किती, कृति, क्त, केतु, कृत्, and किंतु

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóti. Related to कई (kaī, “many”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪iː/, [kɐ.t̪iː]

Determiner

कति • (kati) (Urdu spelling کتى)

1. (rare, formal) how many

   Synonym: कितना (kitnā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “कति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌt̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कति

Determiner

कति • (kati)

1. how much, how many

   त्यहाँ कति वटा किताब छन् ?

   tyahā̃ kati waṭā kitāb chan ?

   How many books are there?

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কতি (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• কতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ကတိ (Burmese script)
• કતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕತಿ (Kannada script)
• កតិ (Khmer script)
• ກຕິ (Lao script)
• കതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• କତି (Odia script)
• ꢒꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• කති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• கதி (Tamil script)
• కతి (Telugu script)
• กติ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóti, adverb from *kʷos, *kʷís. Cognate with Ancient Greek πόσος (pósos) and Latin quot.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.t̪i/

Determiner

कति • (káti)

1. how many
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.88.18:

     कत्य॒ग्नयः॒ कति॒ सूर्या॑सः॒ कत्यु॒षासः॒ कत्यु॑ स्वि॒दापः॑ ।
     नोप॒स्पिजं॑ वः पितरो वदामि पृ॒च्छामि॑ वः कवयो वि॒द्मने॒ कम् ॥

     kátyagnáyaḥ káti sū́ryāsaḥ kátyuṣā́saḥ kátyu svidā́paḥ.
     nópaspíjaṃ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛcchā́mi vaḥ kavayo vidmáne kám.

     How many fires are there, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters, I address you, O forefathers, not jestingly, I ask you sages, in order to know.

Declension

Irregular declension of कति (káti)

	Plural
Nominative	कति (káti)
Accusative	कति (káti)
Instrumental	कतिभिः (kátibhiḥ)
Dative	कतिभ्यः (kátibhyaḥ)
Ablative	कतिभ्यः (kátibhyaḥ)
Genitive	कतीनाम् (kátīnām)
Locative	कतिषु (kátiṣu)
Vocative	कति (káti)

Coordinate terms

• तति (táti, “so many”)
• यति (yáti, “as many”)

Derived terms

• कतिथ (katithá)
• कतिधा (katidhā́)
• कतिपय (katipayá)

Related terms

• क (ká)

Descendants

See also descendants of कतिपय (katipayá).

• Pali: kati
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀇 (kaï), 𑀓𑀇𑀅 (kaïa)
  • Assamese: কেই (kei)
  • Bengali: কয় (koẏ), ক (ko)
  • Magahi: 𑂍𑂨 (kay)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “कति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 246, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “káti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135