सस्ता
Hindi
Etymology
Unclear.[1] Cognate to Punjabi ਸਸਤਾ (sastā), Nepali सस्तो (sasto), Gujarati સસ્તું (sastũ), Sindhi سَستو (sasto), Bengali সস্তা (śosta), Odia ଶସ୍ତା (śôsta), Assamese সস্তা (xosta), Sylheti ꠢꠍꠔꠣ (hosta), and the hypercorrected Marathi स्वस्त (svasta) (earlier सस्त (sasta)).
Several theories have been put forward:
- An assimilation of Persian سست (sost, “languid, lazy; loose”), making it a doublet of सुस्त (sust).
- Inherited from Sanskrit स्वस्थ (svastha, “healthy”).[2][3] This is unlikely due to the regular simplification of consonant clusters in Middle Indo-Aryan; compare Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., which would theoretically yield Hindi *साथा (asāthā).
- Inherited from Sanskrit समर्घ (samargha, “having a low price”). This is the least probable phonologically, but it offers a direct contrast to Hindi महंगा (mahaṅgā, “expensive”), from Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha, “having a high price”). Compare Old Marathi सवंग (savaṃga), Gujarati સોંઘું (soṅghũ).[4]
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- cheap
- स्थानीय प्रकाशक की छपी हुई पुस्तकें सस्ती होतीं हैं।
- sthānīya prakāśak kī chapī huī pustakẽ sastī hotī̃ ha͠i.
- The books printed by the local publisher are inexpensive.
- Antonym: महंगा (mahaṅgā)
Declension
See also
References
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सस्ता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सस्ता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “सस्ता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “सवंग”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.