सेतु

See also: सत्, सूत, and स्तृ

Hindi

सेतु • (setu) m (Urdu spelling سیتو)

Declension of सेतु (masc u-stem)

सेतु m

Declension table of "सेतु" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	सेतु (setu)	सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū)
Accusative (second)	सेतुं (setuṃ)	सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū)
Instrumental (third)	सेतुना (setunā)	सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno)	सेतूनं (setūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	सेतुस्मा (setusmā) or सेतुम्हा (setumhā)	सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno)	सेतूनं (setūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	सेतुस्मिं (setusmiṃ) or सेतुम्हि (setumhi)	सेतूसु (setūsu)
Vocative (calling)	सेतु (setu)	सेतवे (setave) or सेतवो (setavo)

सेतु

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge, dam”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎 (haētu, “bridge, dam”), Ossetian хид (xid, “bridge”), Latin saeta.

सेतु • (sétu) stem, m

a bridge
1. a dam
2. a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike
3. any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
a bond, fetter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.4:
  सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
  अस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवः ॥
  sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
  asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśinaḥ santi setavaḥ.
  Sweet-tongued, exhaustless, they have sent their voices down togetlier, in heaven's vault that pours a thousand streams.
  His wildly-restless warders never close an eye: in every place are found the bonds that bind man last.
a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary
an established institution, fixed rule

Masculine u-stem declension of सेतु (sétu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सेतुः sétuḥ	सेतू sétū	सेतवः sétavaḥ
Vocative	सेतो séto	सेतू sétū	सेतवः sétavaḥ
Accusative	सेतुम् sétum	सेतू sétū	सेतून् sétūn
Instrumental	सेतुना / सेत्वा¹ sétunā / sétvā¹	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभिः sétubhiḥ
Dative	सेतवे / सेत्वे¹ sétave / sétve¹	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ
Ablative	सेतोः / सेत्वः¹ sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹	सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām	सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ
Genitive	सेतोः / सेत्वः¹ sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹	सेत्वोः sétvoḥ	सेतूनाम् sétūnām
Locative	सेतौ sétau	सेत्वोः sétvoḥ	सेतुषु sétuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

सेतु • (setu)