साहित्य
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
साहित्य • (sāhitya) m (Urdu spelling ساہتیہ)
- literature; a piece of literature
- (literally) combination, coming together
Declension edit
Declension of साहित्य (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- साहित्यिक (sāhityik)
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
साहित्य • (sāhitya) ?
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
साहित्य • (sāhitya)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- সাহিত্য (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬵᬳᬶᬢ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- সাহিত্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰯𑰮𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- သာဟိတျ (Burmese script)
- સાહિત્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਸਾਹਿਤ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦴꦲꦶꦠꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂰𑂯𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- សាហិត្យ (Khmer script)
- ສາຫິຕ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- സാഹിത്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᡳᢠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢗᠾᠢᢐᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧑𑧎𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐵𑐴𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ସାହିତ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢵꢲꢶꢡ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆳𑆲𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖯𑖮𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- සාහිත්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩛𑪂𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚭𑚩𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஸாஹித்ய (Tamil script)
- సాహిత్య (Telugu script)
- สาหิตฺย (Thai script)
- སཱ་ཧི་ཏྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒰𑒯𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨊𑨱𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Vrddhi derivative of सहित (sahita) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
साहित्य • (sāhitya) stem, m
- association, connection, society, combination, union with (instrumental or compound)
- साहित्येन (sāhityena) — in combination with, together with
- agreement, harmony
- literary or rhetorical composition, rhetoric, poetry
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of साहित्य (sāhitya) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साहित्यः sāhityaḥ |
साहित्यौ / साहित्या¹ sāhityau / sāhityā¹ |
साहित्याः / साहित्यासः¹ sāhityāḥ / sāhityāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | साहित्य sāhitya |
साहित्यौ / साहित्या¹ sāhityau / sāhityā¹ |
साहित्याः / साहित्यासः¹ sāhityāḥ / sāhityāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | साहित्यम् sāhityam |
साहित्यौ / साहित्या¹ sāhityau / sāhityā¹ |
साहित्यान् sāhityān |
Instrumental | साहित्येन sāhityena |
साहित्याभ्याम् sāhityābhyām |
साहित्यैः / साहित्येभिः¹ sāhityaiḥ / sāhityebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | साहित्याय sāhityāya |
साहित्याभ्याम् sāhityābhyām |
साहित्येभ्यः sāhityebhyaḥ |
Ablative | साहित्यात् sāhityāt |
साहित्याभ्याम् sāhityābhyām |
साहित्येभ्यः sāhityebhyaḥ |
Genitive | साहित्यस्य sāhityasya |
साहित्ययोः sāhityayoḥ |
साहित्यानाम् sāhityānām |
Locative | साहित्ये sāhitye |
साहित्ययोः sāhityayoḥ |
साहित्येषु sāhityeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
Descendants
- → Assamese: সাহিত্য (xahiitto) (learned)
- → Bengali: সাহিত্য (śahitto) (learned)
- → Gujarati: સાહિત્ય (sāhitya) (learned)
- → Hindustani: sāhitya
- → Kannada: ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (sāhitya)
- → Malayalam: സാഹിത്യം (sāhityaṁ)
- → Marathi: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
- → Nepali: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
- → Odia: ସାହିତ୍ୟ (sahityô) (learned)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sinhalese: සාහිත්යය (sāhityaya) (learned)
- → Telugu: సాహిత్యము (sāhityamu)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “साहित्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1212.