सप्तन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সপ্তন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সপ্তন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သပ္တန် (Burmese script)
- સપ્તન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਪ੍ਤਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಪ್ತೝ (Kannada script)
- សប្តន៑ (Khmer script)
- ສປ຺ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
- സപ്തന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ତନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සප්තන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸப்தந் (Tamil script)
- సప్తౝ (Telugu script)
- สปฺตนฺ (Thai script)
- ས་པྟ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (hapta), Persian هفت (haft), Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá), and Old English seofon (whence English seven).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐp.tɐ́n/, [sɐp̚.tɐ́n]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɐn̪/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐn̪]
Numeral
| 70 | ||
| ← 6 | ७ 7 |
8 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: सप्त (sapta), सप्तन् (saptan) Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama) Multiplier: सप्तधा (saptadhā) | ||
सप्तन् • (saptán)
- seven
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.1:
- प्र सु व॑ आपो महि॒मान॑मुत्त॒मं का॒रुर्वो॑चाति॒ सद॑ने वि॒वस्व॑तः।
प्र स॒प्तस॑प्त त्रे॒धा हि च॑क्र॒मुः प्र सृत्व॑रीणा॒मति॒ सिन्धु॒रोज॑सा॥- prá sú va āpo mahimā́namuttamáṃ kārúrvocāti sádane vivásvataḥ.
prá saptásapta tredhā́ hí cakramúḥ prá sṛ́tvarīṇāmáti síndhurójasā. - Waters, the worshipper addresses to you excellent praise in the dwelling of the instrumental tutor of the rite;they flowed by sevens through the three worlds; but the Sindhu surpasses all the other streams in strength.
- prá sú va āpo mahimā́namuttamáṃ kārúrvocāti sádane vivásvataḥ.
- प्र सु व॑ आपो महि॒मान॑मुत्त॒मं का॒रुर्वो॑चाति॒ सद॑ने वि॒वस्व॑तः।
Declension
Irregular declension of सप्तन् (saptán)
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: سَتھ (sath)
- Pali: satta
- Indonesian: sapta-
- → Malay: sapta, saptă, سڤتا
- → Telugu: సప్తము (saptamu) (learned)
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢 (satta) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सप्तन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1149, column 1.