सवत
Konkani edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapátnī). Cognate to Marathi सवत (savat).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सवत • (savat) f (Latin script sovot, Kannada script ಸವತ್)
References edit
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘪𑘝𑘲 (savatī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī), from Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapátnī). Cognate with Hindustani سَوت (saut) / सौत (saut).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सवत • (savat) f
- a co-wife
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “सवत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सवत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सवत-ती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press