प्रतीति

प्रतीति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतीति (pratīti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.t̪iː.t̪iː/

Noun

प्रतीति • (pratīti) f

1. faith, belief; conviction

   Synonym: यक़ीन (yaqīn)

2. knowledge, clarity

Declension

Declension of प्रतीति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियाँ pratītiyā̃
oblique	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियों pratītiyõ
vocative	प्रतीति pratīti	प्रतीतियो pratītiyo

Related terms

• प्रतीति करना (pratīti karnā, “to believe”)
• प्रतीति होना (pratīti honā, “to be evident”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्रतीति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pratîti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

प्रति (prati, “práti”) +‎ इति (iti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tiː.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈt̪iː.t̪i/

Noun

प्रतीति • (pratīti) f

1. trust, credit
2. respect
3. delight
4. fame, notoriety, reputation
   • c. 700 CE, Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita :

     एतं च विकलं स्कन्धेनोदुह्य देशादृेशान्तरं परिभ्रमन्ती पतिव्रताप्रतीतिं लेभे

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of प्रतीति (pratīti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रतीतिः pratītiḥ	प्रतीती pratītī	प्रतीतयः pratītayaḥ
Vocative	प्रतीते pratīte	प्रतीती pratītī	प्रतीतयः pratītayaḥ
Accusative	प्रतीतिम् pratītim	प्रतीती pratītī	प्रतीतीः pratītīḥ
Instrumental	प्रतीत्या pratītyā	प्रतीतिभ्याम् pratītibhyām	प्रतीतिभिः pratītibhiḥ
Dative	प्रतीतये / प्रतीत्ये¹ / प्रतीत्यै² pratītaye / pratītye¹ / pratītyai²	प्रतीतिभ्याम् pratītibhyām	प्रतीतिभ्यः pratītibhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रतीतेः / प्रतीत्याः² pratīteḥ / pratītyāḥ²	प्रतीतिभ्याम् pratītibhyām	प्रतीतिभ्यः pratītibhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रतीतेः / प्रतीत्याः² pratīteḥ / pratītyāḥ²	प्रतीत्योः pratītyoḥ	प्रतीतीनाम् pratītīnām
Locative	प्रतीतौ / प्रतीत्याम्² pratītau / pratītyām²	प्रतीत्योः pratītyoḥ	प्रतीतिषु pratītiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Related terms

• अनप्रतीती (anapratītī)

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रतीति (pratīti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “प्रतीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 679.