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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /səp.t̪ɑːɦ/,
Noun
सप्ताह • (saptāh) m (Urdu spelling سپتاہ)
- 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.
Declension
Declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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सप्ताह saptāh
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सप्ताह saptāh
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oblique
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सप्ताह saptāh
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सप्ताहों saptāhõ
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vocative
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सप्ताह saptāh
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सप्ताहो saptāho
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See also
- (days of the week) सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din); रविवार (ravivār) / इतवार (itvār), सोमवार (somvār), मंगलवार (maṅgalvār), बुधवार (budhvār), गुरुवार (guruvār) / बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār), शुक्रवार (śukravār), शनिवार (śanivār) (Category: hi:Days of the week)
- (units of time) समय के मात्रक (samay ke mātrak); बरस (baras, “year”) / साल (sāl, “year”), मास (mās, “month”) / महीना (mahīnā, “month”), सप्ताह (saptāh, “week”), दिन (din, “day”), घंटा (ghaṇṭā, “hour”), मिनट (minaṭ, “minute”), सैकंड (saikaṇḍ, “second”)
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सप्ताह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Etymology
Compound of सप्त (saptá, “seven”) + अहर् (áhar, “day”).
Pronunciation
Noun
सप्ताह • (saptāhá) stem, m
- a period of seven days: week
- a sacrificial performance lasting seven days
Declension
Descendants
Further reading