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Arabic
Numeral
سِتّ • (sitt ) m (feminine سِتَّة ( sitta ) )
masculine of سِتَّة ( sitta , “ six ” )
Descendants
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic سَيِّدَة ( sayyidat , “ lady ” , informal construct pronunciation ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sitt/ , ( before a vowel ) , ( before a consonant ) , ( sentence-final )
Noun
ست • (sitt ) f (plural ستّات ( sittāt ) )
woman
( obsolete ) Mrs , Miss , lady (title for a woman)
الستّ ― is-sitt ― nickname for Umm Kalthoum (literally, “the Lady ”)
( construct state, informal ) grandmother
Synonyms: تيتة ( tēta ) , جدّة ( gidda )
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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic سَيِّدَة ( sayyida ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ست • (sīd ) f (construct state سِتُّو ( sittu ) , plural سِتَّات ( sittāt ) , masculine سيد ( sīd ) )
grandmother
Synonyms: جَدّة ( jadda ) , ( used mostly by Hijazis of Turkish origin ) أَنَّة ( ʔanna )
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सप्तन् ( saptan ) , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá , from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ .
Cognate with Assamese সাত ( xat ) , Bengali সাত ( śat ) , English seven , Gujarati સાત ( sāt ) , Hindustani सात ( sāt ) / سات ( sāt ) , Persian هفت , Russian семь ( semʹ ) , Sindhi ست ( sata ) , Sylheti ꠢꠣꠔ ( hat ) , and others.
Pronunciation
Numeral
سَتّ (satt )
seven
Shina
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सप्तन् ( saptan ) .
Pronunciation
Numeral
ست (sat )
seven
Sindhi
Etymology
From Paisaci Prakrit , from Sanskrit सप्तन् ( saptan ) .
Numeral
ست • (sata )
seven
South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from Arabic سَيِّدَة ( sayyida ) . Through sáyyida → sīda → siditi → sídti → sítti → sitt.
Noun
ستّ • (sitt ) f (plural ستّات ( sittāt ) , masculine سيد ( sīd ) )
lady , woman
Synonym: مرة ( mara )
grandmother
Synonyms: جدّة ( jidde ) , تيتا ( tēta , “ grandma ” )
Etymology 2
From Arabic سِتّ ( sitt ) , feminine of سِتَّة ( sitta ) .
Numeral
ست • (sitt )
construct state of ستة ( sitte )
Ushojo
Noun
ست (sat )
peeled sponge
near