सप्तन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognates include Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (hapta), Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ), 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) | ||
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
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