सौतेला

Hindi

Etymology

From सौत (saut, “co-wife”) +‎ -एला (-elā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɔː.t̪eː.lɑː/, [sɔː.t̪eː.läː]

Adjective

सौतेला • (sautelā) (Urdu spelling سَوتیلا)

1. from a different wife, from a co-wife
2. step-, half-

   सौतेले बाप ― sautele bāp ― stepfather

   सौतेली माँ ― sautelī mā̃ ― stepmother

   सौतेला भाई ― sautelā bhāī ― stepbrother

   सौतेली बहन ― sautelī bahan ― stepsister

Declension

Declension of सौतेला (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	सौतेला sautelā	सौतेले sautele	सौतेली sautelī	सौतेली sautelī
oblique	सौतेले sautele	सौतेले sautele	सौतेली sautelī	सौतेली sautelī
vocative	सौतेले sautele	सौतेले sautele	सौतेली sautelī	सौतेली sautelī

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सौतेला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “सौतेला”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सौतेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press