सप्तन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সপ্তন্ (Assamese script)
• সপ্তন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• સપ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪੑਤਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• សប្តន៑ (Khmer script)
• ಸಪ್ತೝ (Kannada script)
• ສປ຺ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
• സപ്തന് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• သပ္တန် (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සප්තන් (Sinhalese script)
• సప్తౝ (Telugu script)
• สปฺตนฺ (Thai script)
• ས་པྟ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀‎ (hapta), Persian هفت‎ (haft), Old Church Slavonic седмь (sedmĭ), Lithuanian septyni, Latvian septiņi, Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), and Old English seofon (whence English seven).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐp.tɐ́n/, [sɐp̚.tɐ́n]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐp.t̪ɐn̪/, [ˈs̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐn̪]

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	७ 7	8  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: सप्त (sapta), सप्तन् (saptan)     Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama)

सप्तन् • (saptán)

1. seven (a favourite number with the Hindus, and regarded as sacred, often used to express an indefinite plurality [in the same manner as "three", by which it is sometimes multiplied])
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.075.01

     prá sú va āpo mahimā́nam uttamáṃ kārúr vocāti sádane vivásvataḥ
     prá saptá-sapta trẽdhā́ hí cakramúḥ prá sŕ̥tvarīṇām áti síndhur ójasā

     At the seat of the ritual ground vivasvant, the bard will speak forth your highest greatness, o waters,
     for forth they strode in three stages, seven each time; forth strode Sindhu with her strength, beyond that of the other flowing waters.)

Declension

Irregular declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	सप्त (sapta)
Vocative	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	सप्त (sapta)
Instrumental	—	—	सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	सप्तभ्यः (saptabhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	सप्तानाम् (saptānām)
Locative	—	—	सप्तसु (saptasu)

Descendants

All inherited descendants point to common Indo-Aryan *sattá, itself derived from this form (possibly including Mitanni-Aryan).

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: سَتھ‎ (sath)
• Helu:
  • Dhivehi: ހަތް‎ (hat̊)
  • Sinhalese: හත (hata)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: সাত (xat)
  • Bengali: সাত (sat)
    • → Sylheti: ꠡꠣꠔ (śat)
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: সাত (śat)
  • Oriya: ସାତ (satô)
  • Rohingya: háñt
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠣꠔ (hat)
• Pali: satta
• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  • Fiji Hindi: saat
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Marathi: सात (sāt)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: સાત (sāt)
  • Hindustani:
    • Old Hindi: सात (sāta)
      • Hindi: सात (sāt)
    • Urdu: سات‎ (sāt)
  • Kachchi: સાત (sāt)
  • Nepali: सात (sāt)
  • Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (satta) / ستّ‎ (satta)
  • Sindhi: َسَت‎ / सत (sata)
• → Malay: sapta, saptă, سڤتا‎
  • Indonesian: sapta-
• → Telugu: సప్తము (saptamu)