حیاتی

Persian

Etymology

From حیات (hayât), from Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.jɑː.ˈtiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.jɑː.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.jɑː.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɑː.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɔː.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hejɒː.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.jɔ.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	hayātī
Dari reading?	hayātī
Iranian reading?	heyâti
Tajik reading?	hayotī

Adjective

Dari	حیاتی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳаётӣ

حیاتی • (hayâti)

1. vital
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3687:

     چیست جان کندن سوی مرگ آمدن
     دست در آب حیاتی نازدن‌‌

     čīst jān kandan suy-i marg āmadan
     dast dar āb-i hayātī nā-zadan

     What is agony of spirit? To advance towards death
     and not grasp the Water of Life.

Related terms

• حیات (hayât)

Punjabi

Etymology

From حَیَات +‎ ـی (-y).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.jäː.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: حَ‧یَا‧تی

Noun

حَیَاتی • (hayātī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਯਾਤੀ)

1. life; life span

   Synonym: زِنْدَگی (zindagī)

Declension

Declension of حیاتی
dir. sg.	حَیَاتی
dir. pl.	حَیَاتِیاں
	singular	plural
direct	حَیَاتی	حَیَاتِیاں
oblique	حَیَاتی	حَیَاتِیاں
vocative	حَیَاتِیے	حَیَاتِیو
ablative	حَیَاتِیوں	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حیاتی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਹਯਾਤੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024