सप्तन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • সপ্তন্ (Assamese script)
  • সপ্তন্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • સપ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ಸಪ್ತನ್ (Kannada script)
  • သပ္တန္ (Burmese script)
  • ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • సప్తన్ (Telugu script)
  • སཔྟན྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀‎ (hapta), Persian هفت‎ (haft), Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ), Lithuanian septyni, Latvian septiņi, Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), and Old English seofon (whence English seven).

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɐ́n̪/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐ́n̪]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɐp.t̪ɐn̪/, [ˈs̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐn̪]

Numeral
Sanskrit numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 ७
7		 8  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: सप्तन् (saptan), सप्त (sapta)
    Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama)

सप्तन् • (saptán)

  1. seven (a favourite number with the Hindus, and regarded as sacred, often used to express an indefinite plurality [in the same manner as "three", by which it is sometimes multiplied])

Declension
Irregular declension
Nom. sg. —
Gen. sg. —
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative — — सप्त (sapta)
Vocative — — —
Accusative — — सप्त (sapta)
Instrumental — — सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ)
Dative — — सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ)
Ablative — — सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ)
Genitive — — सप्तानाम् (saptānām)
Locative — — सप्तसु (saptasu)

Descendants

All inherited descendants point to common Indo-Aryan *sattá, itself derived from this form (possibly including Mitanni-Aryan).

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