सप्ताह

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səp.t̪ɑːɦ/,

Noun

सप्ताह (saptāhm (Urdu spelling سپتاہ)

  1. week
    Synonym: हफ़्ता (haftā)
    एक सप्ताह में सात दिन होते हैं।
    ek saptāh mẽ sāt din hote ha͠i.
    There are seven days in one week.
    हड़ताल एक सप्ताह चली।haṛtāl ek saptāh calī.The strike lasted one week.

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of सप्त (saptá, seven) +‎ अहर् (áhar, day).

Pronunciation

Noun

सप्ताह (saptāhá) stemm

  1. a period of seven days: week
  2. a sacrificial performance lasting seven days

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सप्ताह (saptāha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सप्ताहः
saptāhaḥ
सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹
saptāhau / saptāhā¹
सप्ताहाः / सप्ताहासः¹
saptāhāḥ / saptāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative सप्ताह
saptāha
सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹
saptāhau / saptāhā¹
सप्ताहाः / सप्ताहासः¹
saptāhāḥ / saptāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative सप्ताहम्
saptāham
सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹
saptāhau / saptāhā¹
सप्ताहान्
saptāhān
Instrumental सप्ताहेन
saptāhena
सप्ताहाभ्याम्
saptāhābhyām
सप्ताहैः / सप्ताहेभिः¹
saptāhaiḥ / saptāhebhiḥ¹
Dative सप्ताहाय
saptāhāya
सप्ताहाभ्याम्
saptāhābhyām
सप्ताहेभ्यः
saptāhebhyaḥ
Ablative सप्ताहात्
saptāhāt
सप्ताहाभ्याम्
saptāhābhyām
सप्ताहेभ्यः
saptāhebhyaḥ
Genitive सप्ताहस्य
saptāhasya
सप्ताहयोः
saptāhayoḥ
सप्ताहानाम्
saptāhānām
Locative सप्ताहे
saptāhe
सप्ताहयोः
saptāhayoḥ
सप्ताहेषु
saptāheṣu
Notes
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