# कटि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi). Cognate with Marathi कटि (kaṭi) and Nepali कटि (kaṭi).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kə.ʈiː/, [kɐ.ʈiː]

### Noun

कटि • (kaṭi) f (Urdu spelling کٹی)
* (anatomy, formal) the waist
    Synonym: (more common) कमर (kamar)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कटि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कटि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “कटि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi), through Old Marathi 𑘎𑘘𑘲 (kaṭi). Cognate with Hindustani کٹی / कटि (kaṭi) and Nepali कटि (kaṭi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kə.ʈi/, [kə.ʈiː]

### Noun

कटि • (kaṭi) f
* (anatomy) waist, hips, buttocks
    Synonym: कंबर (kambar)

#### Derived terms

* कटितट (kaṭitaṭ)
* कटिबद्ध (kaṭibaddha)

### Further reading

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कटि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कटि”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* कट्टी (kaṭṭī), कटी (kaṭī)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कटि (kaṭi). Cognate with Hindustani کٹی / कटि (kaṭi) and Marathi कटि (kaṭi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʌʈi]
* Phonetic Devanagari: कटि

### Noun

कटि • (kaṭi)
* (anatomy) hips, waist, loins, buttocks

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “कटि”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* कटी (kaṭī)

### Alternative scripts

* কটি (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
* কটি (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ကဋိ (Burmese script)
* કટિ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಟಿ (Kannada script)
* កដិ (Khmer script)
* ກຏິ (Lao script)
* കടി (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
* କଟି (Odia script)
* ꢒꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
* කටි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
* கடி (Tamil script)
* కటి (Telugu script)
* กฏิ (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཊི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கடம் (kaṭam, “mountain side, elephant's temple”), Kannada ಕಡೆ (kaḍe, “side, end”), Telugu కడ (kaḍa).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ.ʈi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kɐ.ʈi/

### Noun

कटि • (kaṭi) stem, f
* (anatomy) the waist
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कटि
* the hips, buttocks
* an elephant's cheek
* the entrance of a temple

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

#### Borrowed terms

* → Assamese: কটি (koti)
* Hindustani:
    → Hindi: कटि (kaṭi)
    → Urdu: کٹی (kaṭi)
* → Nepali: कटि (kaṭi)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘘𑘲 (kaṭi)
** Marathi: कटि (kaṭi)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### Further reading

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कटि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “कटि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243.