सप्तन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সপ্তন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সপ্তন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သပ္တန် (Burmese script)
• સપ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ਤਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ತೝ (Kannada script)
• សប្តន៑ (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
• സപ്തന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සප‍්තන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸப்தந் (Tamil script)
• సప్తౝ (Telugu script)
• สปฺตนฺ (Thai script)
• ས་པྟ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨝𑨴 (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.tɐ́n/, [sɐp̚.tɐ́n]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɐn̪/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐn̪]

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	७ 7	8  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: सप्त (sapta), सप्तन् (saptan)     Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama)     Multiplier: सप्तधा (saptadhā)

सप्तन् • (saptán)

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

Irregular declension of सप्तन् (saptán)

	Plural
Nominative	सप्त (saptá)
Vocative	सप्त (sápta)
Accusative	सप्त (saptá)
Instrumental	सप्तभिः (saptábhiḥ)
Dative	सप्तभ्यः (saptábhyaḥ)
Ablative	सप्तभ्यः (saptábhyaḥ)
Genitive	सप्तानाम् (saptānā́m)
Locative	सप्तसु (saptásu)

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