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)
- ਸਪੑਤਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- សប្តន៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸಪ್ತೝ (Kannada script)
- ສປ຺ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
- സപ്തന് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- သပ္တန် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සප්තන් (Sinhalese script)
- సప్తౝ (Telugu script)
- สปฺตนฺ (Thai script)
- ས་པྟ་ན྄ (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: सप्त (sapta), सप्तन् (saptan) 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])
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- prá sú va āpo mahimā́nam uttamáṃ kārúr vocāti sádane vivásvataḥ
prá saptá-sapta trẽdhā́ hí cakramúḥ prá sŕ̥tvarīṇām áti síndhur ójasā- At the seat of the ritual ground vivasvant, the bard will speak forth your highest greatness, o waters,
for forth they strode in three stages, seven each time; forth strode Sindhu with her strength, beyond that of the other flowing waters.)
- At the seat of the ritual ground vivasvant, the bard will speak forth your highest greatness, o waters,
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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).
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