सप्ताह

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit सप्ताह (sáptāha), from सप्तन् (saptan, “seven”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səp.t̪ɑːɦ/, [sɐp.t̪äːʱ]

Noun

सप्ताह • (saptāh) m (Urdu spelling سپتاہ)

1. week

   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.

Synonyms

• हफ़्ता (haftā)

See also

• (days of the week) सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din); रविवार (ravivār) / इतवार (itvār), सोमवार (somvār), मंगलवार (maṅgalvār), बुधवार (budhvār), गुरुवार (guruvār) / बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār), शुक्रवार (śukravār), शनिवार (śanivār) ^{(Category: hi:Days of the week)}

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सप्ताह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• সপ্তাহ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
• সপ্তাহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• သပ္တါဟ (Burmese script)
• સપ્તાહ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ਤਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ತಾಹ (Kannada script)
• សប្តាហ (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ຕາຫ (Lao script)
• സപ്താഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତାହ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
• සප‍්තාහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஸப்தாஹ (Tamil script)
• సప్తాహ (Telugu script)
• สปฺตาห (Thai script)
• ས་པྟཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

सप्ताह • (saptā-há) m

1. 7 day, week
2. a sacrificial performance lasting 7 days

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सप्ताह
Nom. sg.	सप्ताहः (saptāhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	सप्ताहस्य (saptāhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सप्ताहः (saptāhaḥ)	सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)	सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ)
Vocative	सप्ताह (saptāha)	सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)	सप्ताहाः (saptāhāḥ)
Accusative	सप्ताहम् (saptāham)	सप्ताहौ (saptāhau)	सप्ताहान् (saptāhān)
Instrumental	सप्ताहेन (saptāhena)	सप्ताहाभ्याम् (saptāhābhyām)	सप्ताहैः (saptāhaiḥ)
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)

Descendants

• Hindi: सप्ताह (saptāh)
• Thai: สัปดาห์ (sàp-daa)
• Khmer: សប្តាហ៍ (sappədaa) (sabdā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सप्ताह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1150.