प्रति

See also: प्रांत and प्रीति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रति (prati).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रति • (prati) f

  1. copy
    मुझे इस पत्रिका की प्रति चाहिए।
    mujhe is patrikā kī prati cāhie.
    I would like a copy of this journal.

Declension

Declension of प्रति (fem i-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रति
prati 		प्रतियाँ
pratiyā̃
oblique प्रति
prati 		प्रतियों
pratiyõ
vocative प्रति
prati 		प्रतियो
pratiyo

Postposition

प्रति • (prati)

  1. towards

Preposition

प्रति • (prati)

  1. per
    सोने का दाम चढ़कर ३०,७८० रुपये प्रति १० ग्राम हो गया है।
    sone kā dām caṛhkar 30,780 rupye prati 10 grām ho gayā hai.
    The price of gold has climbed to 30,780 rupees per 10 grams.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • প্ৰতি (Assamese script)
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • প্রতি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • ပြတိ (Burmese script)
  • પ્રતિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪ੍ਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦿꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪ್ರತಿ (Kannada script)
  • ប្រតិ (Khmer script)
  • ປ຺ຣຕິ (Lao script)
  • പ്രതി (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ପ୍ରତି (Odia script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • ප්‍රති (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
  • ப்ரதி (Tamil script)
  • ప్రతి (Telugu script)
  • ปฺรติ (Thai script)
  • པྲ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *práti, from Proto-Indo-European *próti ~ *préti. Cognates include Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (paiti), Ancient Greek πρός (prós), Latin pretium.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    प्रति॑ • (práti)

    1. towards, near, approach
    2. against
    3. regarding, concerning
    4. per, according to

    Descendants

    • → Bengali: প্রতি (proti)
    • → Gujarati: પ્રતિ (prati)
    • → Hindi: प्रति (prati)
    • → Telugu: ప్రతి (prati)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “práti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 176

    Further reading

    • Monier Williams (1899), “प्रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 661, column 2.
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “prati”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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