साहित्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪt̪.jᵊ/, [säː.ɦɪt̪.jᵊ]
• Rhymes: -ɪt̪jᵊ

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) m (Urdu spelling ساہتیہ)

1. literature; a piece of literature
2. (literally) combination, coming together

Declension

Declension of साहित्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्य sāhitya
oblique	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्यों sāhityõ
vocative	साहित्य sāhitya	साहित्यो sāhityo

Derived terms

• साहित्यिक (sāhityik)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɦit̪.jə/, [sait̪.jə]
• Hyphenation: सा‧हित्‧य

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Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) ?

1. literature

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [säi̯t̪e]
• Phonetic Devanagari: साइत्ते

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya)

1. literature

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠾᠢᢐᠶ᠎ᠠ (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

Vrddhi derivative of सहित (sahita) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦit.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑːˈɦit̪.jɐ/

Noun

साहित्य • (sāhitya) stem, m

1. association, connection, society, combination, union with (instrumental or compound)

   साहित्येन (sāhityena) — in combination with, together with

2. agreement, harmony
3. literary or rhetorical composition, rhetoric, poetry

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of साहित्य (sāhitya)
	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	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• → Assamese: সাহিত্য (xahiitto) (learned)
• → Bengali: সাহিত্য (śahitto) (learned)
• → Gujarati: સાહિત્ય (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Hindustani: sāhitya
  • Hindi: साहित्य
  • Urdu: ساہتیہ
• → Kannada: ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ (sāhitya)
• → Malayalam: സാഹിത്യം (sāhityaṁ)
• → Marathi: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Nepali: साहित्य (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Odia: ସାହିତ୍ୟ (sāhitya) (learned)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਹਿਤ (sāhit)
  • Shahmukhi script: ساہت (sāhit)
• → Sinhalese: සාහිත්යය (sāhityaya) (learned)
• → Telugu: సాహిత్యము (sāhityamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “साहित्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1212.