प्रति

See also: प्रांत and प्रीति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रति (prati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.t̪iː/, [pɾɐ.t̪iː]

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-Aryan *práti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *práti, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *próti, *préti.

Cognates include Ancient Greek πρός (prós), Latin pretium, and Old Church Slavonic противъ (protivŭ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ́.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.t̪i/

Adverb

प्रति • (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

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 661/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 176-7

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prati”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.