इति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬇᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • ইতি (Assamese script)
  • ইতি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰂𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀇𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌇𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ઇતિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਇਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦆꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • ឥតិ (Khmer script)
  • ಇತಿ (Kannada script)
  • ອິຕິ (Lao script)
  • ഇതി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘂𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ဣတိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦢𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଇତି (Odia script)
  • ꢄꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆅𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖂𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • ඉති (Sinhalese script)
  • இதி (Tamil script)
  • ఇతి (Telugu script)
  • อิติ (Thai script)
  • ཨི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒃𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬬‎ (uiti, ūitī). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

Particle

इति • (íti) (base इ)

  1. in this manner, thus (used to delimit quotes)
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 3.195.7:
      समुद्र वालुकापूर्ण उज्जानक इति स्मृतः।
      आगम्य च स दुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ।
      बाधते स्म परं शक्त्या तम उदङ्काश्रमं प्रभो ॥
      samudra vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ.
      āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha.
      bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tama udaṅkāśramaṃ prabho .
  2. as you know
  3. having done, then
    इत्य् उक्त्वा ― ity uktvā ― having said thus

Descendants
  • Pali: iti

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “इति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 165/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 103; 189
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