अताई

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عطائى ('atā'ī, “self-taught person, endowed”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.t̪ɑː.iː/, [ɐ.t̪äː.iː]

Noun

अताई • (atāī) m

1. self-taught musician

Adjective

अताई • (atāī) m

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) having incomplete knowledge, charlatan
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) skilled, endowed

Declension

Declension of अताई (masc ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अताई atāī	अताई atāī
oblique	अताई atāī	अताइयों atāiyõ
vocative	अताई atāī	अताइयो atāiyo

References

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