सती
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Adjective edit
सती
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative singular feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
Noun edit
सती
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of सति (sati, “mindfulness”)
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsatíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sn̥t-íh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (haitī), Proto-Germanic *sundī.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
सती • (satī́)
- nominative singular feminine of सत् (sat)
Noun edit
सती • (satī́) stem, f
- a good and virtuous or faithful wife (esp. applied in later use to the faithful wife popularly called suttee who burns herself with her husband's corpse
- a wife, female (of an animal)
- a female ascetic
Descendants edit
- → English: suttee
Proper noun edit
सती • (satī́) stem, f