सभापति
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सभापति (sabhāpati); equivalent to सभा (sabhā) + पति (pati).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.bʱɑː.pə.t̪iː/, [sɐ.bʱäː.pɐ.t̪iː]
Noun
सभापति • (sabhāpati) m
- (politics) the presiding officer of a legislative assembly
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सभापति sabhāpti |
सभापति sabhāpti |
| oblique | सभापति sabhāpti |
सभापतियों sabhāptiyõ |
| vocative | सभापति sabhāpti |
सभापतियो sabhāptiyo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সভাপতি (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬪᬵᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- সভাপতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰥𑰯𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀪𑀸𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- သဘာပတိ (Burmese script)
- સભાપતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਭਾਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌭𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦨꦴꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂦𑂰𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಭಾಪತಿ (Kannada script)
- សភាបតិ (Khmer script)
- ສຠາປຕິ (Lao script)
- സഭാപതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢨᠠ᠊ᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘥𑘰𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠᢗᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧅𑧑𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐨𑐵𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ସଭାପତି (Odia script)
- ꢱꢩꢵꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆨𑆳𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖥𑖯𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- සභාපති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩳𑩛𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚡𑚭𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஸப⁴ாபதி (Tamil script)
- సభాపతి (Telugu script)
- สภาปติ (Thai script)
- ས་བྷཱ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒦𑒰𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨡𑨊𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of सभा (sabhā́, “council, assembly”) + पति (páti, “lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.bʱɑ́ː.pɐ́.t̪i/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.bʱɑː.pɐ.t̪i/
Noun
सभापति • (sabhā́-páti) stem, m
- the president or chairman of an assembly or council
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.3.15:
- ... नमः॑ स॒भाभ्यः॑ स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ ...
- ... námaḥ sabhā́bhyaḥ sabhā́patibhyaśca vo námo ...
- Homage to the assemblies, and to you, the lords of assemblies, homage!
- ... नमः॑ स॒भाभ्यः॑ स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ ...
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सभापतिः (sabhā́pátiḥ) | सभापती (sabhā́pátī) | सभापतयः (sabhā́pátayaḥ) |
| accusative | सभापतिम् (sabhā́pátim) | सभापती (sabhā́pátī) | सभापतीन् (sabhā́pátīn) |
| instrumental | सभापतिना (sabhā́pátinā) सभापत्या¹ (sabhā́pátyā¹) |
सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām) | सभापतिभिः (sabhā́pátibhiḥ) |
| dative | सभापतये (sabhā́pátaye) | सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām) | सभापतिभ्यः (sabhā́pátibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सभापतेः (sabhā́páteḥ) सभापत्यः¹ (sabhā́pátyaḥ¹) |
सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām) | सभापतिभ्यः (sabhā́pátibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सभापतेः (sabhā́páteḥ) सभापत्यः¹ (sabhā́pátyaḥ¹) |
सभापत्योः (sabhā́pátyoḥ) | सभापतीनाम् (sabhā́pátīnām) |
| locative | सभापतौ (sabhā́pátau) सभापता¹ (sabhā́pátā¹) |
सभापत्योः (sabhā́pátyoḥ) | सभापतिषु (sabhā́pátiṣu) |
| vocative | सभापते (sábhāpate) | सभापती (sábhāpatī) | सभापतयः (sábhāpatayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Assamese: সভাপতি (xobhapoti) (learned)
- → Bengali: সভাপতি (śôbhapôti) (learned)
- → Burmese: သဘာပတိ (sa.bhapa.ti.) (learned)
- → Gujarati: સભાપતિ (sabhāpti) (learned)
- → Hindi: सभापति (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಸಭಾಪತಿ (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Old Khmer: sabhāpati (learned)
- → Marathi: सभापति (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Nepali: सभापति (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Odia: ସଭାପତି (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Telugu: సభాపతి (sabhāpati) (learned)
- → Thai: สภาบดี (sà-paa-bɔɔ-dii) (learned)
- → Shan: သပႃႇပတီႉ (sǎ pàa pǎ tḭ̂i) (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “सभापति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1151.