अति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अति (áti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.t̪iː/
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Adverb

अति • (ati)

(literary, superlative) very, greatly
अति उत्तम ― ati uttam ― very good
अति महत्वपूर्ण ― ati mahatvapūrṇ ― very important

Noun

अति • (ati) f

excess, surplus

Declension

Declension of अति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अति ati	अतियाँ atiyā̃
oblique	अति ati	अतियों atiyõ
vocative	अति ati	अतियो atiyo

References

Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Pali

Alternative forms

ati (Latin script)
𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
অতি (Bengali script)
අති (Sinhalese script)
အတိ or ဢတိ (Burmese script)
อติ or อะติ (Thai script)
ᩋᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ອຕິ or ອະຕິ (Lao script)
អតិ (Khmer script)

Adverb

अति

Devanagari script form of ati (“very”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
অতি (Assamese script)
অতি (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
અતિ (Gujarati script)
ਅਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
អតិ (Khmer script)
ಅತಿ (Kannada script)
ອຕິ (Lao script)
അതി (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠠᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
အတိ (Burmese script)
𑦠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଅତି (Oriya script)
ꢂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
අති (Sinhalese script)
అతి (Telugu script)
อติ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over”). Cognate with Latin et (“and”), Ancient Greek ἔτι (éti, “yet”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (aⁱti), Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎹 (a-t-y /atiy/), Proto-Germanic *idi.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.t̪i/

Adverb

अति • (áti)

(prefixed to verbs) over-
(prefixed to nouns) beyond
(prefixed to adjectives)excessively, exceedingly, very
(independently) at the top, over[1]

Descendants

Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਅਤੇ (ate, “and”), ਅੱਤ (atta, “maximum, extreme, excess”)
Dardic:
- Khowar: دى‎ (di, “also”)
- Kashmiri: تِہ‎ (tih, “and, also, too”), تہٕ‎ (tụ)/तॖ (tụ)(tụ, "and, also, too")
→ Hindi: अति (ati) (learned)
→ Bengali: অতি (ôti) (learned)
→ Konkani: अति (ati) (learned)
→ Marathi: अति (ati) (learned)
→ Kannada: ಅತಿ (ati)
→ Tamil: அதி (ati)
→ Telugu: అతి- (ati-)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 12, column 2.

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “अति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 12, column 2.