सप्ताह
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /səp.t̪ɑːɦ/, [sɐp.t̪äːʱ]
Noun
सप्ताह • (saptāh) m (Urdu spelling سپتاہ)
- week
- Synonym: हफ़्ता (haftā)
- एक सप्ताह में सात दिन होते हैं।
- ek saptāh mẽ sāt din hote ha͠i.
- There are seven days in one week.
- हड़ताल एक सप्ताह चली। ― haṛtāl ek saptāh calī. ― The strike lasted one week.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सप्ताह saptāh |
सप्ताह saptāh |
| oblique | सप्ताह saptāh |
सप्ताहों saptāhõ |
| vocative | सप्ताह saptāh |
सप्ताहो saptāho |
See also
- days of the week: सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din) (appendix): रविवार (ravivār)/इतवार (itvār) · सोमवार (somvār) · मंगलवार (maṅgalvār) · बुधवार (budhvār) · गुरुवार (guruvār)/बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār) · शुक्रवार (śukravār) · शनिवार (śanivār) [edit]
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सप्ताह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səp.t̪aɦ/, [səp.t̪a]
- Hyphenation: सप्‧ताह
- Rhymes: -aɦ
Noun
सप्ताह • (saptāh) m (formal)
Declension
| Declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
सप्ताह saptāh | ||
| direct plural |
सप्ताह saptāh | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
सप्ताह saptāh |
सप्ताह saptāh | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
सप्ताहा saptāhā |
सप्ताहां- saptāhān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
सप्ताहाला saptāhālā |
सप्ताहांना saptāhānnā | |
| ergative | सप्ताहाने, सप्ताहानं saptāhāne, saptāhāna |
सप्ताहांनी saptāhānnī | |
| instrumental | सप्ताहाशी saptāhāśī |
सप्ताहांशी saptāhānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
सप्ताहात saptāhāt |
सप्ताहांत saptāhāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
सप्ताहा saptāhā |
सप्ताहांनो saptāhānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
सप्ताहाचा saptāhāċā |
सप्ताहाचे saptāhāċe |
सप्ताहाची saptāhācī |
सप्ताहाच्या saptāhācā |
सप्ताहाचे, सप्ताहाचं saptāhāċe, saptāhāċa |
सप्ताहाची saptāhācī |
सप्ताहाच्या saptāhācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
सप्ताहांचा saptāhānċā |
सप्ताहांचे saptāhānċe |
सप्ताहांची saptāhāñcī |
सप्ताहांच्या saptāhāncā |
सप्ताहांचे, सप्ताहांचं saptāhānċe, saptāhānċa |
सप्ताहांची saptāhāñcī |
सप्ताहांच्या saptāhāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
See also
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सप्ताह”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- সপ্তাহ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
- সপ্তাহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- သပ္တါဟ (Burmese script)
- સપ્તાહ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਪ੍ਤਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಪ್ತಾಹ (Kannada script)
- សប្តាហ (Khmer script)
- ສປ຺ຕາຫ (Lao script)
- സപ്താഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ତାହ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
- සප්තාහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
- ஸப்தாஹ (Tamil script)
- సప్తాహ (Telugu script)
- สปฺตาห (Thai script)
- ས་པྟཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of सप्त (saptá, “seven”) + अहर् (áhar, “day”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐp.tɑː.ɦɐ́/, [sɐp̚.tɑː.ɦɐ́]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɑː.ɦɐ/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɑː.ɦɐ]
Noun
सप्ताह • (saptāhá) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सप्ताहः (saptāhaḥ) | सप्ताहौ (saptāhau) सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹) |
सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ) सप्ताहासः¹ (saptāhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | सप्ताहम् (saptāham) | सप्ताहौ (saptāhau) सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹) |
सप्ताहान् (saptāhān) |
| instrumental | सप्ताहेन (saptāhena) | सप्ताहाभ्याम् (saptāhābhyām) | सप्ताहैः (saptāhaiḥ) सप्ताहेभिः¹ (saptāhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सप्ताहाय (saptāhāya) | सप्ताहाभ्याम् (saptāhābhyām) | सप्ताहेभ्यः (saptāhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सप्ताहात् (saptāhāt) | सप्ताहाभ्याम् (saptāhābhyām) | सप्ताहेभ्यः (saptāhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सप्ताहस्य (saptāhasya) | सप्ताहयोः (saptāhayoḥ) | सप्ताहानाम् (saptāhānām) |
| locative | सप्ताहे (saptāhe) | सप्ताहयोः (saptāhayoḥ) | सप्ताहेषु (saptāheṣu) |
| vocative | सप्ताह (saptāha) | सप्ताहौ (saptāhau) सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹) |
सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ) सप्ताहासः¹ (saptāhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: sattāha
- → Khmer: សត្តាហៈ (sattaahaʼ) (learned)
- → Thai: สัตตาห (learned)
- Prakrit:
- Nepali: साता (sātā)
- ⇒ Marathi: सातेरें (sāterẽ), सातरें (sātrẽ)
- ⇒ Sindhi: [script needed] (satāṛo)
- → Assamese: সপ্তাহ (xoptah) (learned)
- → Bengali: সপ্তাহ (śoptaho) (learned)
- → Hindustani: saptāh (learned)
- Hindi: सप्ताह
- → Kannada: ಸಪ್ತಾಹ (saptāha) (learned)
- → Khmer: សប្តាហ៍ (sappədaa), សប្តាហៈ (sapphdaahaʼ) (learned)
- → Lao: ສັບດາ (sap dā), ສັບປະດາ (sap pa dā) (learned)
- → Marathi: सप्ताह (saptāh) (learned)
- → Nepali: सप्ताह (saptāha) (learned)
- → Odia: ସପ୍ତାହ (saptāha), ସପ୍ତା (saptā) (learned)
- → Tamil: ஸப்தாஹம் (saptāham), சப்தாகம் (captākam), சத்தாகம் (cattākam) (learned)
- → Thai: สัปดาห์ (sàp-daa), สัปดาหะ (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “सप्ताह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1150.