नाती

See also: नत, नति, नत, नाता, नाति, नांती, नाते, नातू, नीत, नीति, नेता, नेतृ, and नौति

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi ناتی (naty /⁠nātī⁠/), from Old Hindi नांती (nāṃtī /⁠nā̃tī⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (naptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Cognates

Cognate with Marathi नातू (nātū), Konkani नाथु (nāthu), Bengali নাতি (nati), Assamese নাতি (nati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.t̪iː/, [näː.t̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ना‧ती
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

नाती • (nātī) m (feminine नातिन, Urdu spelling ناتِی)

1. daughter's son, maternal grandson

   Coordinate term: पोता (potā, “son's son”)

Declension

Declension of नाती (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नाती nātī	नाती nātī
oblique	नाती nātī	नातियों nātiyõ
vocative	नाती nātī	नातियो nātiyo

Further reading

More information

• Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 203
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नाती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 552
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ناتی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1112
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náptr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 400

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nät̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: नाति

Noun

नाती • (nātī) m

1. alternative form of नाति (nāti)

Declension

Declension of नाती
	Singular	Plural
nominative	नाती [nät̪i]	नातीहरू [nät̪iɦʌɾu]
accusative	नातीलाई [nät̪iläi]	नातीहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	नातीले [nät̪ile]	नातीहरूले [nät̪iɦʌɾule]
dative	नातीलाई [nät̪iläi]	नातीहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	नातीबाट [nät̪ibäʈʌ]	नातीहरूबाट [nät̪iɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	नातीको [nät̪iko]	नातीहरूको [nät̪iɦʌɾuko]
locative	नातीमा [nät̪imä]	नातीहरूमा [nät̪iɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “नाती”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “नाति”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar