नांती

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

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (náptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Cognates

Early New Indo-Aryan cognates include Old Awadhi नाती (nātī), Old Marathi 𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘳 (nātu), Middle Bengali নাতি (nati), নাতিআ (natia).

Noun

नांती (nāṃtī /nā̃tī/) m [1][2]

  1. daughter’s son, grandson[1]
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 152.3:
      एक लष पुत सवा लष नांती ।
      ता रावण धरि दिवा न बाती ॥३॥
      eka laṣa puta savā laṣa nāṃtī.
      tā rāvaṇa dhari divā na bātī.3.
      /eka lakha puta savā lakha nā̃tī .
      tā rāvaṇa dhari divā na bātī.3.      /
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        Thousands of sons and thousands of grandsons.
        But in that house of Ravana, the lamps and wicks have gone out.

Descendants

  • Bundeli: नाती (nātī)
  • Haryanvi: नात्ती (nāttī), नाती (nātī)
  • Kannauji: नाती
  • Middle Hindi: ناتی (naty /⁠nātī⁠/)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 1054, column 1.
  2. ^ Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 203

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