साहित्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪt̪.jᵊ/, [säː.ɦɪt̪.jᵊ]
• Rhymes: -ɪt̪jᵊ

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) m (Urdu spelling ساہتیہ)

1. literature; a piece of literature
2. (literally) combination, coming together

Declension

Declension of साहित्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्य sāhitya
oblique	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्यों sāhityõ
vocative	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्यो sāhityo

Derived terms

• साहित्यिक (sāhityik)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɦit̪.jə/, [sait̪.jə]
• Hyphenation: सा‧हित्‧य

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Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) ?

1. literature

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säi̯t̪e]
• Phonetic Devanagari: साइत्ते

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya)

1. literature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সাহিত্য (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬳᬶᬢ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• সাহিত্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰮𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သာဟိတျ (Burmese script)
• સાહિત્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਹਿਤ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦲꦶꦠꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂯𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• សាហិត្យ (Khmer script)
• ສາຫິຕ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• സാഹിത്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᡳᢠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠾᠢᢐᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧎𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐴𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସାହିତ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢲꢶꢡ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆲𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖮𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සාහිත්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑪂𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚩𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸாஹித்ய (Tamil script)
• సాహిత్య (Telugu script)
• สาหิตฺย (Thai script)
• སཱ་ཧི་ཏྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒯𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨱𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of सहित (sahita) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦit.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.ɦit̪.jɐ/

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) stem, n

1. association, connection, society, combination, union with (instrumental or compound)

   साहित्येन (sāhityena) — in combination with, together with

2. agreement, harmony
3. literary or rhetorical composition, rhetoric, poetry

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of साहित्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	साहित्यम् (sāhityam)	साहित्ये (sāhitye)	साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹)
accusative	साहित्यम् (sāhityam)	साहित्ये (sāhitye)	साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹)
instrumental	साहित्येन (sāhityena)	साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām)	साहित्यैः (sāhityaiḥ) साहित्येभिः¹ (sāhityebhiḥ¹)
dative	साहित्याय (sāhityāya)	साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām)	साहित्येभ्यः (sāhityebhyaḥ)
ablative	साहित्यात् (sāhityāt)	साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām)	साहित्येभ्यः (sāhityebhyaḥ)
genitive	साहित्यस्य (sāhityasya)	साहित्ययोः (sāhityayoḥ)	साहित्यानाम् (sāhityānām)
locative	साहित्ये (sāhitye)	साहित्ययोः (sāhityayoḥ)	साहित्येषु (sāhityeṣu)
vocative	साहित्य (sāhitya)	साहित्ये (sāhitye)	साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• → Assamese: সাহিত্য (xahiitto) (learned)
• → Bengali: সাহিত্য (śahitto) (learned)
• → Gujarati: સાહિત્ય (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Hindustani: sāhitya
  • Hindi: साहित्य
  • Urdu: ساہتیہ
• → Kannada: ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (sāhitya)
• → Malayalam: സാഹിത്യം (sāhityaṁ)
• → Marathi: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Nepali: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Odia: ସାହିତ୍ୟ (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਹਿਤ (sāhit)
  • Shahmukhi script: ساہت (sāhit)
• → Sinhalese: සාහිත්යය (sāhityaya) (learned)
• → Telugu: సాహిత్యము (sāhityamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “साहित्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1212, column 3.