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.

Declension

Declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सप्ताह
saptāh
सप्ताह
saptāh
oblique सप्ताह
saptāh
सप्ताहों
saptāhõ
vocative सप्ताह
saptāh
सप्ताहो
saptāho

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Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səp.t̪aɦ/,
  • Hyphenation: सप्‧ताह
  • Rhymes: -aɦ

Noun

सप्ताह (saptāhm (formal)

  1. a week
    Synonym: आठवडा (āṭhavḍā)

Declension

Declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
सप्ताह
saptāh
direct
plural
सप्ताह
saptāh
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
सप्ताह
saptāh
सप्ताह
saptāh
oblique
सामान्यरूप
सप्ताहा
saptāhā
सप्ताहां-
saptāhān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
सप्ताहाला
saptāhālā
सप्ताहांना
saptāhānnā
ergative सप्ताहाने, सप्ताहानं
saptāhāne, saptāhāna
सप्ताहांनी
saptāhānnī
instrumental सप्ताहाशी
saptāhāśī
सप्ताहांशी
saptāhānśī
locative
सप्तमी
सप्ताहात
saptāhāt
सप्ताहांत
saptāhāt
vocative
संबोधन
सप्ताहा
saptāhā
सप्ताहांनो
saptāhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
सप्ताहाचा
saptāhāċā
सप्ताहाचे
saptāhāċe
सप्ताहाची
saptāhācī
सप्ताहाच्या
saptāhācā
सप्ताहाचे, सप्ताहाचं
saptāhāċe, saptāhāċa
सप्ताहाची
saptāhācī
सप्ताहाच्या
saptāhācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
सप्ताहांचा
saptāhānċā
सप्ताहांचे
saptāhānċe
सप्ताहांची
saptāhāñcī
सप्ताहांच्या
saptāhāncā
सप्ताहांचे, सप्ताहांचं
saptāhānċe, saptāhānċa
सप्ताहांची
saptāhāñcī
सप्ताहांच्या
saptāhāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सप्ताह”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

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
singular dual plural
nominative सप्ताहः (saptāhaḥ) सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)
सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹)
सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ)
सप्ताहासः¹ (saptāhāsaḥ¹)
accusative सप्ताहम् (saptāham) सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)
सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹)
सप्ताहान् (saptāhān)
instrumental सप्ताहेन (saptāhena) सप्ताहाभ्याम् (saptāhābhyām) सप्ताहैः (saptāhaiḥ)
सप्ताहेभिः¹ (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)
vocative सप्ताह (saptāha) सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)
सप्ताहा¹ (saptāhā¹)
सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ)
सप्ताहासः¹ (saptāhāsaḥ¹)
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