حیاتی

Persian

Etymology

From (hayât, “life”) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ha.jaː.ˈtiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.jɑː.t̪ʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɑː.t̪ʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɔː.t̪ʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.jɒː.t̪ʰíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.jɔ.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hayātī
Dari reading^?	hayātī
Iranian reading^?	hayâti
Tajik reading^?	hayoti

Adjective


Iranian Persian	حیاتی
Dari	حیاتی
Tajik	ҳаётӣ

حیاتی • (hayâti)

relating to life:
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3687:
  چیست جان کندن سوی مرگ آمدن
  دست در آب حیاتی نازدن
  čīst jān kandan suy-i marg āmadan
  dast dar āb-i hayātī nā-zadan
  What is agony of spirit? To advance towards death
  and not grasp the Water of Life.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
1. vital, necessary for life
2. biotic
  ― mavâd-e hayâti ― biotic matter

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حیاتی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Etymology

From حَیَات +‎ ـی (-y).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.jäː.t̪iː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: حَ‧یَا‧تی

Noun

حَیَاتی • (hayātī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਯਾਤੀ)

life; life span
Synonym: زِنْدَگی (zindagī)

Declension

Declension of **حیاتی**
	singular	plural
direct	حَیَاتی	حَیَاتِیاں
oblique	حَیَاتی	حَیَاتِیاں
vocative	حَیَاتِیے	حَیَاتِیو
ablative	حَیَاتِیوں	حَیَاتِیاں
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حیاتی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਹਯਾਤੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025