पोती (potii)
noun
Refers to a son's daughter, i.e. one's paternal granddaughter (English has no single word for this specific relation).
Sense
1
:
granddaughter (through a son)
noun, feminine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Hindi family vocabulary is very precise about lineage: पोती (potii) is specifically your son's daughter, while your daughter's daughter is नातिन (naatin). In many North Indian families, this distinction still carries real social weight, since a पोती (potii) is traditionally seen as carrying forward the father's family line, whereas a नातिन (naatin) belongs to her father's family. The masculine pair is पोता (potaa) (son's son) and नाती (naatii) (daughter's son).
Common Mistakes: 1) Do not confuse with नातिन (naatin), which is a daughter's daughter -- Hindi kinship terms distinguish the paternal versus maternal line, unlike English 'granddaughter,' which covers both. 2) Do not confuse with पोता (potaa), the masculine counterpart meaning grandson through a son.
Sample Sentences:
यह मेरी पोती है।
This is my granddaughter (son's daughter).
(yah merii potii hai।)
मेरे बेटे की बेटी यानी मेरी पोती अगले महीने पैदा होगी।
My son's daughter, that is my granddaughter, will be born next month.
(mere bete kii betii yaanii merii potii agle mahiine paidaa hogii।)
दादाजी अपनी पोती को रोज़ स्कूल छोड़ने जाते थे।
Grandfather used to go drop his granddaughter off at school every day.
(daadaajii apnii potii ko roz skool chhodne jaate the।)
मेरी पोती इस समय अपने कमरे में सो रही है।
My granddaughter is sleeping in her room right now.
(merii potii is samay apne kamre men so rahii hai।)
दादी ने अपनी पोती को सारी ज़िम्मेदारी सौंप दी है।
Grandmother has handed over all the responsibility to her granddaughter.
(daadii ne apnii potii ko saarii zimmedaarii saump dii hai।)
क्या तुम्हारी पोती अगले हफ़्ते हमारे घर आएगी?
Will your granddaughter come to our house next week?
(kyaa tumhaarii potii agle hafte hamaare ghar aaegii?)
अपनी पोती का हाथ पकड़ो, सड़क पार करते वक्त गिर सकती है।
Hold your granddaughter's hand, she might fall while crossing the road.
(apnii potii kaa haath pakdo, sadak paar karte vakt gir saktii hai।)
अगर मेरी पोती होती, तो मैं उसे हर त्योहार पर सोने के गहने देता।
If I had a granddaughter, I would give her gold jewelry on every festival.
(agar merii potii hotii, to main use har tyohaar par sone ke gahne detaa।)
परिवार में यह मान्यता है कि पोती अपने पिता का वंश आगे बढ़ाने वाली मानी जाती है, न कि नातिन।
There is a belief in the family that the son's daughter is considered the one who carries forward her father's lineage, not the daughter's daughter.
(parivaar men yah maanytaa hai ki potii apne pitaa kaa vansh aage badhaane vaalii maanii jaatii hai, n ki naatin।)
शायद उसकी पोती इस बार दिवाली पर गाँव आए।
Perhaps his granddaughter will come to the village this Diwali.
(shaayad uskii potii is baar divaalii par gaanv aae।)
बुज़ुर्ग औरत अपनी पोती की शादी की तैयारियाँ देखकर बहुत खुश थी।
The elderly woman was very happy seeing the preparations for her granddaughter's wedding.
(buzurg aurat apnii potii kii shaadii kii taiyaariyaan dekhkar bahut khush thii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
पोती
(potii)
(sg.f.oblique):
पोती
(potii)
(pl.f.direct):
पोतियाँ
(potiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
पोतियों
(potiyon)