Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सक्थि (sákthi).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sək.t̪ʰiː/, [sɐk.t̪ʰiː]

Noun edit

सक्थि (sakthif or m (rare, formal)

  1. the thigh, thigh-bone
  2. the pole or shafts of a cart

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáktʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷHt-i-s (thigh). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌 (haxti, thigh), Old Armenian ազդր (azdr), Middle Persian [script needed] (h(ʾ)ht' /⁠haxt⁠/, thigh), Ossetian агъд (aǧd), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠šakuttai⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

सक्थि (sákthi) stemn

  1. the thigh, thigh-bone
  2. the pole or shafts of a cart
  3. (euphemistic, in the dual) the female genitals

Declension edit

Neuter i-stem declension of सक्थि (sákthi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सक्थि
sákthi
सक्थ्या / सक्थ्यौ
sakthyā́ / sakthyaù
सक्थीनि / सक्थि¹ / सक्थी¹
sákthīni / sákthi¹ / sákthī¹
Vocative सक्थि / सक्थे
sákthi / sákthe
सक्थिनी
sákthinī
सक्थीनि / सक्थि¹ / सक्थी¹
sákthīni / sákthi¹ / sákthī¹
Accusative सक्थि
sákthi
सक्थ्या / सक्थ्यौ
sakthyā́ / sakthyaù
सक्थानि
sakthā́ni
Instrumental सक्थ्ना
sakthnā́
सक्थिभ्याम्
sákthibhyām
सक्थिभिः
sákthibhiḥ
Dative सक्थिने / सक्थये¹
sákthine / sákthaye¹
सक्थिभ्याम्
sákthibhyām
सक्थिभ्यः
sákthibhyaḥ
Ablative सक्थ्नः
sakthnáḥ
सक्थिभ्याम्
sákthibhyām
सक्थिभ्यः
sákthibhyaḥ
Genitive सक्थ्नः
sakthnáḥ
सक्थिनोः
sákthinoḥ
सक्थीनाम्
sákthīnām
Locative सक्थनि / सक्थ्नि
saktháni / sakthní
सक्थिनोः
sákthinoḥ
सक्थिषु
sákthiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

  • Pali: satthi

Further reading edit