𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻

Prakrit

Etymology

From 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) +‎ 𑀇𑀡𑀻 (iṇī), from Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapatnī).

Noun

𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī) f (Devanagari सवत्तिणी)

1. a co-wife

Descendants

• Hindustani: sautan, sautin

  Hindi: सौतन, सौतिन

  Urdu: سَوتَن (sautan), سَوتِن (sautin)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सवत्तिणी”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 882.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760