नवति

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

←  80	[a], [b] ←  89	९० 90	91  →	100  → [a], [b]
		9[a], [b]
Cardinal: नवति (navati)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৱতি (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬯᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• নবতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰪𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• နဝတိ (Burmese script)
• નવતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਵਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌵𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦮꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂫𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ನವತಿ (Kannada script)
• នវតិ (Khmer script)
• ນວຕິ (Lao script)
• നവതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘪𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧊𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐰𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ନଵତି (Odia script)
• ꢥꢮꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆮𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖪𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• නවති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩾𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚦𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• நவதி (Tamil script)
• నవతి (Telugu script)
• นวติ (Thai script)
• ན་ཝ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒫𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨭𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnawatíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnawatí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥h₁ḱomt (“nine-ten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta), Latin nōnāgintā.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ʋɐ.tí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ʋɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

नवति • (navatí) f

1. ninety

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of नवति (navatí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नवतिः navatíḥ	नवती navatī́	नवतयः navatáyaḥ
Vocative	नवते návate	नवती návatī	नवतयः návatayaḥ
Accusative	नवतिम् navatím	नवती navatī́	नवतीः navatī́ḥ
Instrumental	नवत्या / नवती¹ navatyā́ / navatī́¹	नवतिभ्याम् navatíbhyām	नवतिभिः navatíbhiḥ
Dative	नवतये / नवत्यै² / नवती¹ navatáye / navatyaí² / navatī́¹	नवतिभ्याम् navatíbhyām	नवतिभ्यः navatíbhyaḥ
Ablative	नवतेः / नवत्याः² / नवत्यै³ navatéḥ / navatyā́ḥ² / navatyaí³	नवतिभ्याम् navatíbhyām	नवतिभ्यः navatíbhyaḥ
Genitive	नवतेः / नवत्याः² / नवत्यै³ navatéḥ / navatyā́ḥ² / navatyaí³	नवत्योः navatyóḥ	नवतीनाम् navatīnā́m
Locative	नवतौ / नवत्याम्² / नवता¹ navataú / navatyā́m² / navatā́¹	नवत्योः navatyóḥ	नवतिषु navatíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: navuti
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀉𑀇 (ṇaüi) (see there for further descendants)
• → Kashmiri: نَمَتھ (namath) (semi-learned)
• → Marathi: नव्वद (navvad) (semi-learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नवति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “navati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press