ست

See also: شپ, سپ, and شب

Arabic

Numeral

سِتّ • (sitt) m (feminine سِتَّة (sitta))

1. masculine of سِتَّة (sitta, “six”)

Descendants

• Maltese: sitt

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sitː/

Noun

ست • (sitt) f (plural ستات (sittāt))

1. woman

   وبيقولوا ان الست اللى فى الصورة دى اسمها الحاجة زينب وعندها ٨٢ سنة.

   wi-biyʾūlu ʾin is-sitt ʾilli fiṣ-ṣūra di ʾismaha l-ḥagga zēnab wi-ʾandaha ʾitnēn wi tamanīn sana.

   They say that the woman that's in this picture is called El-Hajjah Zainab and she is 82 years old.

2. Mrs, Miss, lady (title for a woman)
3. (archaic) grandmother

   Synonym: تيتة (tēta)

Derived terms

• ست الحبايب (sitt il-ḥabāyib)
• ست الحصن (sitt il-ḥuṣn)
• ستاتى (sittāti)
• ستو (sittu)

 

See also

• امرأة (ʾimraʾa)
• حرمة (ḥurma)
• ولية (wiliyya)

 

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sitt/, [sɪt]

Noun

ست • (sīd) f (construct state سِتُّو (sittu), plural سِتَّات (sittāt), masculine سيد (sīd))

1. grandmother

   Synonyms: جَدّة (jadda), (used mostly by Hijazis of Turkish origin) أَنَّة (ʔanna)

Related terms

• ستيتة (stēta, “older sister, older aunt”)

Saraiki

Saraiki numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	۷ 7	8  →
Cardinal: سَت (sat)     Ordinal: سَتْوَاں (satvāṉ)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Cognate with Assamese সাত (xat), Bengali সাত (śat), English seven, Gujarati સાત (sāt), Hindustani सात (sāt) / سات (sāt), Persian هفت, Russian семь (semʹ), Sindhi ست (sata), Sylheti ꠢꠣꠔ (hat), and others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sət̪/

Numeral

سَتّ (satt)

1. seven

Shina

Shina numbers ^(edit)

←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: ست

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌt/

Numeral

ست (sat)

1. seven

Sindhi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptan).

Numeral

ست • (sata)

1. seven

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sit/, [sɪt]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Etymology 1

Possibly from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida). Through sáyyida → sīda → siditi → sídti → sítti → sitt.

Noun

ستّ • (sitt) f (plural ستّات (sittāt), masculine سيد (sīd))

1. lady, woman

   Synonym: مرة (mara)

2. grandmother

   Synonyms: جدّة (jidde), تيتا (tēta, “grandma”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِتّ (sitt), feminine of سِتَّة (sitta).

Numeral

ست • (sitt)

1. construct state of ستة (sitte)

Ushojo

Noun

ست (sat)

1. peeled sponge
2. near