अति

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अति (ati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• IPA^(key): /ə.t̪iː/

अति • (ati)

1. (literary, superlative) very, greatly

   अति उत्तम ― ati uttam ― very good

   अति महत्वपूर्ण ― ati mahatvapūrṇ ― very important

अति • (ati) f

1. excess, surplus

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अति”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *áti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áti, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over”). Cognate with Latin et (“and”), Ancient Greek ἔτι (éti, “yet”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (aiti), Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎹 (a-t-y /atiy/), Proto-Germanic *idi.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.t̪i/

अति • (áti)

1. (prefixed to verbs) over-
2. (prefixed to nouns) beyond
3. (prefixed to adjectives) excessively, exceedingly, very

• Dardic: *áti
  • Khowar: دى‎ (di, “also”)
• → Hindi: अति (ati)
• → Kannada: ಅತಿ (ati)
• → Konkani: अति (ati)
• → Marathi: अति (ati)
• → Tamil: அதி (ati)