आति
See also: आंते
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHtíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHtíš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).[1]
Cognate with Latin anas, Ancient Greek νῆττᾰ (nêttă), Ossetian ацц (acc), Old East Slavic уты (uty), Old Prussian antis, Old English æned.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.tí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.t̪i/
Noun
आति • (ātí) stem, f
- (Vedic) an aquatic bird, probably a duck
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.95.9:
- यदा॑सु॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒मृता॑सु नि॒स्पृक्सं क्षो॒णीभिः॒ क्रतु॑भि॒र्न पृ॒ङ्क्ते ।
ता आ॒तयो॒ न त॒न्वः॑ शुम्भत॒ स्वा अश्वा॑सो॒ न क्री॒ळयो॒ दन्द॑शानाः ॥- yádāsu márto amṛ́tāsu nispṛ́ksáṃ kṣoṇī́bhiḥ krátubhirná pṛṅkté.
tā́ ātáyo ná tanvàḥ śumbhata svā́ áśvāso ná krīḷáyo dándaśānāḥ. - When a mortal, going to caress immortal women, mingles (with their bodies) amid their cries, as if by his intentions,
like ducks they preen their own bodies, like horses playful and constantly nipping.[2]
- yádāsu márto amṛ́tāsu nispṛ́ksáṃ kṣoṇī́bhiḥ krátubhirná pṛṅkté.
- यदा॑सु॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒मृता॑सु नि॒स्पृक्सं क्षो॒णीभिः॒ क्रतु॑भि॒र्न पृ॒ङ्क्ते ।
- the bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus, formerly known as Turdus ginginianus)
- the bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आतिः (ātíḥ) | आती (ātī́) | आतयः (ātáyaḥ) |
| accusative | आतिम् (ātím) | आती (ātī́) | आतीः (ātī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | आत्या (ātyā́) आती¹ (ātī́¹) |
आतिभ्याम् (ātíbhyām) | आतिभिः (ātíbhiḥ) |
| dative | आतये (ātáye) आत्यै² (ātyaí²) आती¹ (ātī́¹) |
आतिभ्याम् (ātíbhyām) | आतिभ्यः (ātíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आतेः (ātéḥ) आत्याः² (ātyā́ḥ²) आत्यै³ (ātyaí³) |
आतिभ्याम् (ātíbhyām) | आतिभ्यः (ātíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आतेः (ātéḥ) आत्याः² (ātyā́ḥ²) आत्यै³ (ātyaí³) |
आत्योः (ātyóḥ) | आतीनाम् (ātīnā́m) |
| locative | आतौ (ātaú) आत्याम्² (ātyā́m²) आता¹ (ātā́¹) |
आत्योः (ātyóḥ) | आतिषु (ātíṣu) |
| vocative | आते (ā́te) | आती (ā́tī) | आतयः (ā́tayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163
- ^ Jamison, Stephanie W., Brereton, Joel P., transl. (2014), The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India, volume I-II, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1550
Further reading
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 134
