# अति
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.t̪iː/, [ɐ.t̪iː]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

अति • (ati)
* (literary, superlative) very, greatly
    अति उत्तम ― ati uttam ― very good
    अति महत्वपूर्ण ― ati mahatvapūrṇ ― very important

### Noun

अति • (ati) f
* excess, surplus

#### References

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

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अति (ati).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə.t̪i/, [ə.t̪iː]

### Adverb

अति • (ati)
* excessively, extremely

### Noun

अति • (ati) f
* excess, surplus
    Synonyms: अधिक (adhik), जास्त (jāsta)
* (grammar) a prefix (for extreme)

### Verb

अति • (ati)
* surpassing, exceeding, transcending

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अति”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अति”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ati (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* অতি (Bengali script)
* අති (Sinhalese script)
* အတိ or ဢတိ (Burmese script)
* อติ or อะติ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຕິ or ອະຕິ (Lao script)
* អតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Adverb

अति
* Devanagari script form of ati (“very”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অতি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* অতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အတိ (Burmese script)
* અતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅತಿ (Kannada script)
* អតិ (Khmer script)
* ອຕິ (Lao script)
* അതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅତି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* அதி (Tamil script)
* అతి (Telugu script)
* อติ (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐ.t̪i/

### Adverb

अति • (áti)
* (prefixed to verbs) over-
* (prefixed to nouns) beyond
* (prefixed to adjectives) excessively, exceedingly, very
* (independently) at the top, over

#### Descendants

* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਅਤੇ (ate, “and”), ਅੱਤ (atta, “maximum, extreme, excess”)
* Dardic:
** Khowar: دى (di, “also”)
** Kashmiri: تِہ (tih, “and, also, too”), تہٕ (tụ)/तॖ (tụ)(tụ, "and, also, too")
* → Hindi: अति (ati) (learned)
* → Bengali: অতি (oti) (learned)
* → Konkani: अति (ati) (learned)
* → Marathi: अति (ati) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಅತಿ (ati)
* → Punjabi: ਅਤਿ (ati) (learned)
* → Tamil: அதி (ati)
* → Telugu: అతి- (ati-)

### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “अति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12, column 2.