सप्तन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সপ্তন্ (Assamese script)
- সপ্তন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સપ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ಸಪ್ತನ್ (Kannada script)
- သပ္တန္ (Burmese script)
- ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- సప్తన్ (Telugu script)
- སཔྟན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (hapta), Persian هفت (haft), Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ), Lithuanian septyni, Latvian septiņi, Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), and Old English seofon (whence English seven).
Pronunciation
Numeral
| 70 | ||
| ← 6 | ७ 7 |
8 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: सप्तन् (saptan), सप्त (sapta) Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama) | ||
सप्तन् • (saptán)
- seven (a favourite number with the Hindus, and regarded as sacred, often used to express an indefinite plurality [in the same manner as "three", by which it is sometimes multiplied])
Declension
| Irregular declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | — | ||
| Gen. sg. | — | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | — | सप्त (sapta) |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | सप्त (sapta) |
| Instrumental | — | — | सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) |
| Dative | — | — | सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | — | — | सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | — | — | सप्तानाम् (saptānām) |
| Locative | — | — | सप्तसु (saptasu) |
Descendants
All inherited descendants point to common Indo-Aryan *sattá, itself derived from this form (possibly including Mitanni-Aryan).
- Dardic: *sattá
- Kashmiri: سَتھ (sath)
- Dhivehi: ހަތް (hat)
- Helu: [Term?]
- Sinhalese: හත (hata)
- Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Pali: satta
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Fiji Hindi: saat
- Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
- Marathi: सात (sāt)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
- → Malay: sapta, saptă, سڤتا
- → Telugu: సప్తము (saptamu)
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