सेतु

See also: सत्, सूत, and स्तृ

Hindi

सेतु • (setu) m

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge, dam”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎‎ (haētu, “dam, bridge”), Ossetian хид (xid, “bridge”), Latin saeta, Old High German seid (“cord”), Old Norse seior, Czech sit (“net”), Old Church Slavonic сеть (setĭ, “trap, snare”), Lithuanian sietas (“tie”).

सेतु • (sétu) m

a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations)
a bond, fetter
a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary
an established institution, fixed rule

Masculine u-stem declension of सेतु (sétu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सेतुः sétuḥ	सेतू sétū	सेतवः sétavaḥ
Vocative	सेतो séto	सेतू sétū	सेतवः sétavaḥ
Accusative	सेतुम् sétum	सेतू sétū	सेतून् sétūn
Instrumental	सेतुना / सेत्वा¹ sétunā / sétvā¹	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभिः sétubhiḥ
Dative	सेतवे / सेत्वे² sétave / sétve²	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ
Ablative	सेतोः / सेत्वः² sétoḥ / sétvaḥ²	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ
Genitive	सेतोः / सेत्वः² sétoḥ / sétvaḥ²	सेत्वोः sétvoḥ	सेतूनाम् sétūnām
Locative	सेतौ sétau	सेत्वोः sétvoḥ	सेतुषु sétuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

सेतु • (setu)

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