नाति
Nepali
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (naptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Cognates
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nät̪i]
- Phonetic Devanagari: नाति
Noun
नाति • (nāti) m
Declension
| Declension of नाति | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| nominative | नाति [nät̪i] | नातिहरू [nät̪iɦʌɾu] | |
| accusative | नातिलाई [nät̪iläi] | नातिहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi] | |
| instrumental/ergative | नातिले [nät̪ile] | नातिहरूले [nät̪iɦʌɾule] | |
| dative | नातिलाई [nät̪iläi] | नातिहरूलाई [nät̪iɦʌɾuläi] | |
| ablative | नातिबाट [nät̪ibäʈʌ] | नातिहरूबाट [nät̪iɦʌɾubäʈʌ] | |
| genitive | नातिको [nät̪iko] | नातिहरूको [nät̪iɦʌɾuko] | |
| locative | नातिमा [nät̪imä] | नातिहरूमा [nät̪iɦʌɾumä] | |
Notes:
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náptr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “नाति”, 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