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Etymology edit

From अति (áti, very, exceedingly) +‎ इव (iva, as, so to speak).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

अतीव (atīva)

  1. exceedingly, very
  2. excessively, too, too much
  3. quite

Further reading edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अतीव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 16/2.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अतीव”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016