यति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যতি (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- যতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ယတိ (Burmese script)
- યતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಯತಿ (Kannada script)
- យតិ (Khmer script)
- ຍຕິ (Lao script)
- യതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଯତି (Odia script)
- ꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- යති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- யதி (Tamil script)
- యతి (Telugu script)
- ยติ (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /jɐ́.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ.t̪i/
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Possibly from यत् (yat).
Noun
यति • (yáti) stem, m
- a disposer
- ‘a striver’, an ascetic, devotee, one who has restrained his passions and abandoned the world
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यतिः (yátiḥ) | यती (yátī) | यतयः (yátayaḥ) |
| accusative | यतिम् (yátim) | यती (yátī) | यतीन् (yátīn) |
| instrumental | यतिना (yátinā) यत्या¹ (yátyā¹) |
यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभिः (yátibhiḥ) |
| dative | यतये (yátaye) | यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यतेः (yáteḥ) यत्यः¹ (yátyaḥ¹) |
यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यतेः (yáteḥ) यत्यः¹ (yátyaḥ¹) |
यत्योः (yátyoḥ) | यतीनाम् (yátīnām) |
| locative | यतौ (yátau) यता¹ (yátā¹) |
यत्योः (yátyoḥ) | यतिषु (yátiṣu) |
| vocative | यते (yáte) | यती (yátī) | यतयः (yátayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Tamil: யதி (yati)
- → Telugu: యతి (yati)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáti, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyóti. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yeiti) and Ancient Greek ὅσος (hósos).
Determiner
यति • (yáti)
- as many as, as often, how many or often
Declension
Irregular declension of यति (yáti)
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | यति (yáti) |
| Accusative | यति (yáti) |
| Instrumental | यतिभिः (yátibhiḥ) |
| Dative | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | यतीनाम् (yátīnām) |
| Locative | यतिषु (yátiṣu) |
| Vocative | यति (yáti) |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- यतिथ (yatitha)
- यतिधा (yatidhā́)
Related terms
- यद् (yád)
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï, “as many as”)
Etymology 3
From the root यम् (yam) + -ति (-ti).
Noun
यति • (yáti) stem, f
- restraint, control, guidance
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यतिः (yátiḥ) | यती (yátī) | यतयः (yátayaḥ) |
| accusative | यतिम् (yátim) | यती (yátī) | यतीः (yátīḥ) |
| instrumental | यत्या (yátyā) यती¹ (yátī¹) |
यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभिः (yátibhiḥ) |
| dative | यतये (yátaye) यत्यै² (yátyai²) यती¹ (yátī¹) |
यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यतेः (yáteḥ) यत्याः² (yátyāḥ²) यत्यै³ (yátyai³) |
यतिभ्याम् (yátibhyām) | यतिभ्यः (yátibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यतेः (yáteḥ) यत्याः² (yátyāḥ²) यत्यै³ (yátyai³) |
यत्योः (yátyoḥ) | यतीनाम् (yátīnām) |
| locative | यतौ (yátau) यत्याम्² (yátyām²) यता¹ (yátā¹) |
यत्योः (yátyoḥ) | यतिषु (yátiṣu) |
| vocative | यते (yáte) | यती (yátī) | यतयः (yátayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 841/1-2, 845/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 396
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 613-614
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 601