अतिथि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अतिथि (atithi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.t̪ɪ.t̪ʰiː/, [ɐ.t̪ɪ.t̪ʰiː]

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Noun

अतिथि • (atithi) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling اتتهہ)

1. guest

   Synonym: मेहमान (mehmān)

2. stranger
3. person entitled to hospitality

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of अतिथि (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अतिथि atithi	अतिथि atithi
oblique	अतिथि atithi	अतिथियों atithiyõ
vocative	अतिथि atithi	अतिथियो atithiyo

Declension of अतिथि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अतिथि atithi	अतिथियाँ atithiyā̃
oblique	अतिथि atithi	अतिथियों atithiyõ
vocative	अतिथि atithi	अतिथियो atithiyo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• atithi (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• অতিথি (Bengali script)
• අතිථි (Sinhalese script)
• အတိထိ or ဢတိထိ (Burmese script)
• อติถิ or อะติถิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨲᩥᨳᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຕິຖິ or ອະຕິຖິ (Lao script)
• អតិថិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄖𑄨𑄗𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

अतिथि m

1. guest

Declension

Declension table of "अतिथि" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अतिथि (atithi)	अतिथयो (atithayo) or अतिथी (atithī)
Accusative (second)	अतिथिं (atithiṃ) or अतिथिनं (atithinaṃ)	अतिथयो (atithayo) or अतिथी (atithī)
Instrumental (third)	अतिथिना (atithinā)	अतिथीहि (atithīhi) or अतिथीभि (atithībhi)
Dative (fourth)	अतिथिस्स (atithissa) or अतिथिनो (atithino)	अतिथीनं (atithīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अतिथिस्मा (atithismā) or अतिथिम्हा (atithimhā)	अतिथीहि (atithīhi) or अतिथीभि (atithībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अतिथिस्स (atithissa) or अतिथिनो (atithino)	अतिथीनं (atithīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अतिथिस्मिं (atithismiṃ) or अतिथिम्हि (atithimhi)	अतिथीसु (atithīsu)
Vocative (calling)	अतिथि (atithi)	अतिथयो (atithayo) or अतिथी (atithī)

Descendants

• Khmer: អតិថិ (a’te’tʰe’)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অতিথি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬢᬶᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• অতিথি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰝𑰰𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အတိထိ (Burmese script)
• અતિથિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਤਿਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌤𑌿𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦠꦶꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂞𑂱𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅತಿಥಿ (Kannada script)
• អតិថិ (Khmer script)
• ອຕິຖິ (Lao script)
• അതിഥി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢠᡳᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘝𑘱𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢐᠢᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦽𑧒𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐟𑐶𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅତିଥି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢡꢶꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆠𑆴𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖝𑖰𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අතිථි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩫𑩑𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚙𑚮𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
• அதிதி² (Tamil script)
• అతిథి (Telugu script)
• อติถิ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཏི་ཐི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒞𑒱𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨙𑨁𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *atHthi- (“guest”), and cognate with Avestan [script needed] (asti-, “guest”). Further origin is unclear; the word is traditionally taken as a derivative of अत् (at, “to go constantly”), but this is not certain, and Lubotsky disagrees with this derivation. Schwartz and Malkiel instead propose a relation with व्यथ् (vyath, “to waver”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ti.tʰi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.t̪i.t̪ʰi/

Noun

अतिथि • (átithi) stem, m

1. a guest, visitor

   yád vā́ átithipatir átithīn parivíṣya gr̥hā́n upodáity avabhŕ̥tham evá tád upā́vaiti

2. a person entitled to hospitality

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अतिथि (átithi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अतिथिः átithiḥ	अतिथी átithī	अतिथयः átithayaḥ
Vocative	अतिथे átithe	अतिथी átithī	अतिथयः átithayaḥ
Accusative	अतिथिम् átithim	अतिथी átithī	अतिथीन् átithīn
Instrumental	अतिथिना / अतिथ्या¹ átithinā / átithyā¹	अतिथिभ्याम् átithibhyām	अतिथिभिः átithibhiḥ
Dative	अतिथये átithaye	अतिथिभ्याम् átithibhyām	अतिथिभ्यः átithibhyaḥ
Ablative	अतिथेः / अतिथ्यः¹ átitheḥ / átithyaḥ¹	अतिथिभ्याम् átithibhyām	अतिथिभ्यः átithibhyaḥ
Genitive	अतिथेः / अतिथ्यः¹ átitheḥ / átithyaḥ¹	अतिथ्योः átithyoḥ	अतिथीनाम् átithīnām
Locative	अतिथौ / अतिथा¹ átithau / átithā¹	अतिथ्योः átithyoḥ	अतिथिषु átithiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: atithi
• → Bengali: অতিথি (otithi)
• → Khmer: អតិថិ (ʼaʼtetheʼ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अतिथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 14/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 57-8
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 69-70