کتی

See also: کتي and کپی

Kamkata-viri

Noun

کتی (Katë́)

  1. Alternative form of Katë́ (“Kata, Katë”)

Persian

Etymology 1

Unknown, but thought to be related to colloquial Tajik қатӣ (qatī), with the same meaning.

Both terms are suggested to be from a Turkic language, but there is little consensus on the matter.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰéː], [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰǽ.t̪ʰɪ], [kʰǽt̪], [kʰǽd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰǽ.t̪ʰi], [kʰǽt̪], [kʰǽd̪̥]

Readings
Dari reading? katē, katī
  • In some dialects, this term may be perceived as /kad/ or /kat/

Preposition
Dari با, کتی
Iranian Persian با
Tajik бо, қатӣ

کتی • (katē or katī)

  1. (Dari, Hazaragi, more colloquial) with, by, alongside
    Synonym: (Iranian; formal in Dari) با (bâ)
    برنج کتی گوشت می‌خایی یا تو آلی خو می‌ری ― birinj kat(ē) gōšt mē-xāyī yā tū ālē xaw mē-rī (Dari, colloquial)
    برنج کتی گوشت می‌خواهی یا تو حالا خواب می‌روی ― birinj katē gōšt mē-xāhī yā tū hālā xāb mē-rawī ― do you want rice and/alongside meat or will you go to bed now? (Dari, more formal)

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰä.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading? katī
Dari reading? katī
Iranian reading? kati
Tajik reading? katī

Proper noun

کتی • (kati)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name کتایون (katâyun).

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Particle

کتی • (kati) (Hindi spelling कति) (rare)

  1. how many

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “kati”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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