कति

See also: किती, कृति, क्त, केतु, कृत्, and किंतु

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.t̪iː/, [kɐ.t̪iː]

Particle

कति • (kati) (Urdu spelling کتى)

1. (rare, formal) how many

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌt̪i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कति

Determiner

कति • (kati)

1. how much, how many

   त्यहाँ कति वटा किताब छन् ?

   tyahā̃ kati waṭā kitāb chan ?

   How many books are there?

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কতি (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• কতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ကတိ (Burmese script)
• કતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕತಿ (Kannada script)
• កតិ (Khmer script)
• ກຕິ (Lao script)
• കതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• କତି (Odia script)
• ꢒꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• කති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• கதி (Tamil script)
• కతి (Telugu script)
• กติ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti, adverb from *kʷos, *kʷis. Cognate with Ancient Greek κόσος (kósos) and Latin quot.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪i/

Particle

कति • (káti)

1. how many
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.88.18:

     कत्य॒ग्नय॒: कति॒ सूर्या॑स॒: कत्यु॒षास॒: कत्यु॑ स्वि॒दाप॑:।
     नोप॒स्पिजं॑ वः पितरो वदामि पृ॒च्छामि॑ वः कवयो वि॒द्मने॒ कम्॥

     kátyagnáya: káti sū́ryāsa: kátyuṣā́sa: kátyu svidā́pa:.
     nópaspíjaṃ vaḥ pitaro vadāmi pṛcchā́mi vaḥ kavayo vidmáne kám.

     How many fires are there, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters, I address you, O forefathers, not jestingly, I ask you sages, in order to know.

Descendants

See also descendants of कतिपय (katipaya).

• Pali: kati
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀇 (kaï), 𑀓𑀇𑀅 (kaïa)
  • Assamese: কেই (kei)
  • Bengali: কয় (koẏ), ক (ko)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 246, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press