कति

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti.

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

कति • (kati) (Urdu spelling کتى)

1. (rare, formal) how many

• 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.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कति (kati), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoti.

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

कति • (kati)

1. how much, how many

   त्यहाँ कति वटा किताब छन् ?

   tyahā̃ kati waṭā kitāb chan ?

   How many books are there?

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

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

कति • (káti)

1. how many

   भारते कति राज्यानि सन्ति?

   bhārate kati rājyāni santi?

   How many states are there in India?

See also descendants of कतिपय (katipaya).

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

• 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