सेतु

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेतु (setu).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /seː.t̪uː/

Noun

सेतु (setum (Urdu spelling سیتو)

  1. bridge

Declension

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सेतु m

  1. Devanagari script form of setu (embankment)

Declension

Verb

सेतु

  1. Devanagari script form of setu, which is third-person singular imperative active of सेति (seti, to sleep)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

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, bridge, dam), Ossetian хид (xid, bridge), Latin saeta.

Pronunciation

Noun

सेतु (sétu) stemm

  1. a bridge
    1. a dam
    2. a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike
    3. any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations)
  2. a bond, fetter
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.4:
      सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
      अस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवः
      sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
      asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśinaḥ santi setavaḥ .
      Sweet-tongued, exhaustless, they have sent their voices down togetlier, in heaven's vault that pours a thousand streams.
      His wildly-restless warders never close an eye: in every place are found the bonds that bind man last.
  3. a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary
  4. an established institution, fixed rule

Declension

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 / सेत्वे¹
sétave / sétve¹
सेतुभ्याम्
sétubhyām
सेतुभ्यः
sétubhyaḥ
Ablative सेतोः / सेत्वः¹
sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹
सेतुभ्याम्
sétubhyām
सेतुभ्यः
sétubhyaḥ
Genitive सेतोः / सेत्वः¹
sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹
सेत्वोः
sétvoḥ
सेतूनाम्
sétūnām
Locative सेतौ
sétau
सेत्वोः
sétvoḥ
सेतुषु
sétuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Adjective

सेतु (setu)

  1. binding

Borrowed terms

Descendants