adjective
how many
Kati (indeclinable) [interrogative pronoun; used like Latin quotation Already Vedic.] how many? Vin I 83 (k. sikkhāpadāni), 155; S I 3 (°saṅgātiga having overcome how many attachments?), 70; Snp 83, 960, 1018; Paṭis II 72; Miln 78; Dhp-a I 7, 188; Pv-a 74.
2. kati (for 1. See above) m. N. of a sage (son of Viśvā-mitra and ancestor of Kātyāyana ), Hariv.
how many?
【疑綴】 幾,多少。~vassa,【形】 幾年,幾歲? ~vidha,【形】 幾種?
kati pron. a. [ kim + qati ] (always declined in the plural only; kati , katiBiH &c.) 1 How many; katyagnayaH kati sUryAsaH Rv. 10. 88. 18 ; eBirBUtEH smara kati kftAH svAMta te vipralaMBAH Śānti. 3. 18; 2 Some. When followed by cit, cana or api, kati loses its interrogative force and becomes indefinite in sense, meaning ‘some’, ‘several’, ‘a few’; tanvI sTitA katicideva padAni gatvA Ś. 2. 12 ; katyapi vAsarARi Amaru. 25 ; tasminnadrO katicidabalAviprayuktaH sa kAmI nItvA mAsAn Me. 2.
(pron, pron, interr) how many? how many Construction: ka + ti