हप्ता

Awadhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian هفته (hafta).

Noun

हप्ता (haptā)

1. week

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?

Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?

Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥

Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá

Proto-Iranian *haptá

Middle Persian hp̄t'

Classical Persian هَفْت (haft)

Proto-Iranian *-a-

Proto-Iranian *-kah

Proto-Iranian *-akah

Classical Persian ـه (-h)

Classical Persian هَفْتَه (hafta)bor.

Hindi हफ़्ता (haftā)bor.

Nepali हप्ता

Borrowed from Hindi हफ़्ता (haftā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦʌp̚t̪ä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: हप्ता

Noun

हप्ता • (haptā)

1. week

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “हप्ता”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 630