ست

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See also: شپ, سپ, and شب

Arabic

Numeral

سِتّ (sittm (feminine سِتَّة (sitta))

  1. masculine of سِتَّة (sitta, six)

Descendants

  • Maltese: sitt

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 (sittf (plural ستّات (sittāt))

  1. woman
  2. (obsolete) Mrs, Miss, lady (title for a woman)
    الستّis-sittnickname for Umm Kalthoum (literally, “the Lady”)
  3. (construct state, informal) grandmother
    Synonyms: تيتة (tēta), جدّة (gidda)

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida).

Pronunciation

Noun

ست (sīdf (construct state سِتُّو (sittu), plural سِتَّات (sittāt), masculine سيد (sīd))

  1. grandmother
    Synonyms: جَدّة (jadda), (used mostly by Hijazis of Turkish origin) أَنَّة (ʔanna)

Saraiki

Saraiki numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 ۷
7
8  → 
    Cardinal: سَت (sat)
    Ordinal: سَتْوَاں (satvāṉ)

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)

  1. seven

Shina

Shina numbers (edit)
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: ست

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptan).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ست (sat)

  1. seven

Sindhi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit , from Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptan).

Numeral

ست (sata)

  1. seven

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sit/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Etymology 1

Possibly from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida). Through sáyyida → sīda → siditi → sídti → sítti → sitt.

Noun

ستّ (sittf (plural ستّات (sittāt), masculine سيد (sīd))

  1. lady, woman
    Synonym: مرة (mara)
  2. grandmother
    Synonyms: جدّة (jidde), تيتا (tēta, grandma)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِتّ (sitt), feminine of سِتَّة (sitta).

Numeral

ست (sitt)

  1. construct state of ستة (sitte)

Ushojo

Noun

ست (sat)

  1. peeled sponge
  2. near