सप्त

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: सप्त (sapta)     Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama), सप्तथ (saptatha)     Multiplier: सप्तधा (saptadhā)

Alternative forms

• स॒प्तन् (saptán) — stem in traditional grammars

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সপ্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• সপ্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• သပ္တ (Burmese script)
• સપ્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ತ (Kannada script)
• សប្ត (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• സപ്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• සප‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஸப்த (Tamil script)
• సప్త (Telugu script)
• สปฺต (Thai script)
• ས་པྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square 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), Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), and Old English seofon (whence English seven).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐp.tɐ́/, [sɐp̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɐ/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐ]

Numeral

स॒प्त • (saptá)

1. seven
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.1:

     प्र सु व॑ आपो महि॒मान॑मुत्त॒मं का॒रुर्वो॑चाति॒ सद॑ने वि॒वस्व॑तः।
     प्र स॒प्तस॑प्त त्रे॒धा हि च॑क्र॒मुः प्र सृत्व॑रीणा॒मति॒ सिन्धु॒रोज॑सा॥

     prá sú va āpo mahimā́namuttamáṃ kārúrvocāti sádane vivásvataḥ.
     prá saptásapta tredhā́ hí cakramúḥ prá sṛ́tvarīṇāmáti síndhurójasā.

     Waters, the worshipper addresses to you excellent praise in the dwelling of the instrumental tutor of the rite;
     they flowed by sevens through the three worlds; but the Sindhu surpasses all the other streams in strength.

Declension

Gender-neutral numeral declension of स॒प्त

	plural
nominative	स॒प्त (saptá)
accusative	स॒प्त (saptá)
instrumental	स॒प्तभिः॑ (saptábhiḥ)
dative	स॒प्तभ्यः॑ (saptábhyaḥ)
ablative	स॒प्तभ्यः॑ (saptábhyaḥ)
genitive	स॒प्ता॒नाम् (saptānā́m)
locative	स॒प्तसु॑ (saptásu)
vocative	सप्त॑ (sápta)

Related terms

• सप्तति (saptati, “seventy”)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: سَتھ (sath)
• Pali: satta
  • Indonesian: sapta-
• → Malay: sapta, saptă, سڤتا
• → Telugu: సప్తము (saptamu) (learned)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢 (satta) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “सप्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1149, column 1.