𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (saüttī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapátnī). Cognate with Pali sapattī.

Noun

𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) f (Devanagari सवत्ती, Kannada ಸವತ್ತೀ) (Maharastri, Jain Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. a co-wife

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)
Accusative	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀁 (savattiṃ)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺 (savattīhi) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (savattīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (savattīhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀡 (savattīṇa) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀡𑀁 (savattīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 (savattīsu) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (savattīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (savatti) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)	𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)

Descendants

• Hindustani: saut

  Hindi: सौत

  Urdu: سوت

• Old Marathi: savatī

  Devanagari script: सवती

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘪𑘝𑘲

  • Marathi: सवत (savat)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सवत्ती”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 882.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 195.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 18.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760