Natin.adj.
/ˈnati/, U.S. /ˈnɑdi/ rare.
A. n.
In South Asia: the argot spoken by Nats. See Nat n.2
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Northern > Nat jargon or slang
Nati1922
1922 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India XI. 121 The specimens received from the districts..show that there is no such dialect as Naṭī... They are a professional argot, made up of disguised ordinary words.
1922 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India XI. 123 Most speakers of Naṭī in the United Provinces have been returned from the western part of the Province.
B. adj.
Of, designating, or characteristic of this argot.
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1922 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India XI. 122 The great majority of Naṭī slang words..have been taken from the common Aryan vocabulary of Northern India.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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