गति

See also: गीत, गीता, and गते

Hindi

Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit गति (gati).

Noun

गति • (gati) f (Urdu spelling گتی)

1. motion

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   हमें इस योजना को गति देने की आवश्यकता है।

   hamẽ is yojnā ko gati dene kī āvaśyaktā hai.

   We must set this plan in motion.

2. speed

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   उसने पूरी गति से दीवार मारा।

   usne pūrī gati se dīvār mārā.

   He hit the wall at full speed.

3. plight

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   तुम्हारी वही गति होगी जो चोर की हुई थी।

   tumhārī vahī gati hogī jo cor kī huī thī.

   You will meet the plight of a thief.

Synonyms

• (motion, speed): रफ़्तार (raftār)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “गति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gátiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis. Cognate with Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), Proto-Germanic *kumþiz.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ.t̪i/

Noun

गति • (gáti) stem, f

1. going, moving, gait, deportment, motion in general
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.64.3:

     यन्नूनमश्यां गतिं मित्रस्य यायां पथा ।
     अस्य प्रियस्य शर्मण्यहिंसानस्य सश्चिरे ॥

     yannūnamaśyāṃ gatiṃ mitrasya yāyāṃ pathā.
     asya priyasya śarmaṇyahiṃsānasya saścire.

     That I may gain a refuge now, may my steps be on Mitra's path.
     Men go protected in the charge of this dear Friend who harms us not.

2. manner or power of going
3. procession, march, passage, procedure, progress, movement
4. path, way, course
5. place of issue, origin, reason
6. possibility, expedient, means
7. means of success
8. way or art, method of acting
9. refuge, resource
10. the position (of a child at birth)
11. state, condition, situation, proportion, mode of existence
12. a happy issue; happiness
13. the course of the soul through numerous forms of life, metempsychosis, condition of a person undergoing this migration
14. manner
15. the being understood or meant
16. (grammar) a term for prepositions and some other adverbial prefixes when immediately connected with the tenses of a verb or with verbal derivatives
17. a kind of rhetorical figure
18. a particular high number
19. Motion (personified as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Pulaha)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of गति (gáti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गतिः gátiḥ	गती gátī	गतयः gátayaḥ
Vocative	गते gáte	गती gátī	गतयः gátayaḥ
Accusative	गतिम् gátim	गती gátī	गतीः gátīḥ
Instrumental	गत्या / गती¹ gátyā / gátī¹	गतिभ्याम् gátibhyām	गतिभिः gátibhiḥ
Dative	गतये / गत्यै² / गती¹ gátaye / gátyai² / gátī¹	गतिभ्याम् gátibhyām	गतिभ्यः gátibhyaḥ
Ablative	गतेः / गत्याः² / गत्यै³ gáteḥ / gátyāḥ² / gátyai³	गतिभ्याम् gátibhyām	गतिभ्यः gátibhyaḥ
Genitive	गतेः / गत्याः² / गत्यै³ gáteḥ / gátyāḥ² / gátyai³	गत्योः gátyoḥ	गतीनाम् gátīnām
Locative	गतौ / गत्याम्² / गता¹ gátau / gátyām² / gátā¹	गत्योः gátyoḥ	गतिषु gátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• गच्छति (gacchati)
• गम् (gam)

Descendants

• Pali: gati
• → Hindi: गति (gati)
• → Kannada: ಗತಿ (gati)
• → Telugu: గతి (gati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 347.