नाती

See also: नीति, नेता, and नाता

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi नाती (nātī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀕 (ṇattiga) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit नप्तृक (naptṛka), from नप्तृ (naptṛ) +‎ -क (-ka). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognate with Marathi नातू (nātū), Konkani नाथु (nāthu), Bengali নাতি (nati), Assamese নাতি (nati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈn̪a(ː)t̪i(ː)]

Noun

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

1. daughter's son, grandson

Declension

Declension of नाती (masc ī-stem)

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

References

• 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

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