इति
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ইতি (Assamese script)
- ᬇᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- ইতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဣတိ (Burmese script)
- ઇતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਇਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦆꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಇತಿ (Kannada script)
- ឥតិ (Khmer script)
- ອິຕິ (Lao script)
- ഇതി (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଇତି (Odia script)
- ꢄꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ඉති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- இதி (Tamil script)
- ఇతి (Telugu script)
- อิติ (Thai script)
- ཨི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬬 (uiti, ūitī). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
- in this manner, thus (used to delimit quotes)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3.195.7:
- समुद्र वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः।
आगम्य च स दुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ।
बाधते स्म परं शक्त्या तम उदङ्काश्रमं प्रभो॥- samudra vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ.
āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha.
bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tama udaṅkāśramaṃ prabho.
- samudra vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ.
- समुद्र वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः।
- as you know
- having done, then
- इत्य् उक्त्वा ― ity uktvā ― having said thus
Descendants edit
- Pali: iti
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “इति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103; 189