# गति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गति (gati).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡə.t̪iː/, [ɡɐ.t̪iː]

### Noun

गति • (gati) f (Urdu spelling گتی)
* motion
    हमें इस योजना को गति देने की आवश्यकता है।hamẽ is yojnā ko gati dene kī āvaśyaktā hai.We must set this plan in motion.
* speed
    उसने पूरी गति से दीवार मारा।usne pūrī gati se dīvār mārā.He hit the wall at full speed.
* plight
    तुम्हारी वही गति होगी जो चोर की हुई थी।tumhārī vahī gati hogī jo cor kī huī thī.You will meet the plight of a thief.

#### Synonyms

* (motion, speed): रफ़्तार (raftār)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “गति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Alternative forms

* गती (gatī)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गति (gati).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡə.t̪i/, [ɡə.t̪iː]

### Noun

गति • (gati) f
* progress, progression, course (of events)
    Synonym: प्रगती (pragtī)
* condition, plight
    Synonym: अवस्था (avasthā)
* access, reach, range

#### Related terms

* गतिमान (gatimān)
* गतिभंग (gatibhaṅga)

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गति”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গতি (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* গতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဂတိ (Burmese script)
* ગતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಗತಿ (Kannada script)
* គតិ (Khmer script)
* ຄຕິ (Lao script)
* ഗതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଗତି (Odia script)
* ꢔꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ගති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* க³தி (Tamil script)
* గతి (Telugu script)
* คติ (Thai script)
* ག་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gátiš (“going, motion”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (a$^i$βi-ga$^i$ti), Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), Proto-Germanic *kumþiz. By surface analysis, गम् (gam, “to go”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɐ́.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡɐ.t̪i/

### Noun

गति • (gáti) stem, f
* going, moving, gait, deportment, motion in general
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.64.3:यन्नूनमश्यां गतिं मित्रस्य यायां पथा । अस्य प्रियस्य शर्मण्यहिंसानस्य सश्चिरे ॥yannūnamaśyāṃ gatiṃ mitrasya yāyāṃ pathā. asya priyasya śarmaṇyahiṃsānasya saścire.That I may gain a refuge now, may my steps be on Mitra's path. Men go protected in the charge of this dear Friend who harms us not.
** c. 150 CE – 250 CE, Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 2.18:यद् एव गमनं गन्ता स एवेति न युज्यते । अन्य एव पुनर् गन्ता गतेर् इति न युज्यते ॥yad eva gamanaṃ gantā sa eveti na yujyate. anya eva punar gantā gater iti na yujyate.It is improper (to think) that the going and the goer are exactly the same. It is improper still (to think) that the goer is something other than the going.
* manner or power of going
* procession, march, passage, procedure, progress, movement
* path, way, course
* place of issue, origin, reason
* possibility, expedient, means
* means of success
* way or art, method of acting
* refuge, resource
* the position (of a child at birth)
* state, condition, situation, proportion, mode of existence
* a happy issue; happiness
* the course of the soul through numerous forms of life, metempsychosis, condition of a person undergoing this migration
* manner
* the being understood or meant
* (grammar) a term for prepositions and some other adverbial prefixes when immediately connected with the tenses of a verb or with verbal derivatives
* a kind of rhetorical figure
* a particular high number
* Motion (personified as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Pulaha)

#### Related terms

* गत (gata)
* गच्छति (gacchati)
* गम् (gam)

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀇 (gaï)
* Pali: gati
** → Khmer: គតិ (kĕəʼteʼ)
** → Burmese: ဂတိ (ga.ti.)
** → Thai: คติ (ká-dtì)
* → Bengali: গতি (gotoi)
* → Hindi: गति (gati)
* → Kannada: ಗತಿ (gati)
* → Marathi: गती (gatī), गति (gati)
* → Tamil: கதி (kati)
* → Telugu: గతి (gati)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 347/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 459