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)
- literature; a piece of literature
- (literally) combination, coming together
Declension
| 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) ?
Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit साहित्य (sāhitya)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [säi̯t̪e]
- Phonetic Devanagari: साइत्ते
Noun
साहित्य • (sāhitya)
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)
- ᠰᠠᢗᠾᠢᢐᠶᠠ (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
Vṛddhi derivative of सहित (sahita) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɑː.ɦit.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɑː.ɦit̪.jɐ/
Noun
साहित्य • (sāhitya) stem, n
- association, connection, society, combination, union with (instrumental or compound)
- साहित्येन (sāhityena) — in combination with, together with
- agreement, harmony
- literary or rhetorical composition, rhetoric, poetry
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | साहित्यम् (sāhityam) | साहित्ये (sāhitye) | साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹) |
| accusative | साहित्यम् (sāhityam) | साहित्ये (sāhitye) | साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹) |
| instrumental | साहित्येन (sāhityena) | साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām) | साहित्यैः (sāhityaiḥ) साहित्येभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | साहित्य (sāhitya) | साहित्ये (sāhitye) | साहित्यानि (sāhityāni) साहित्या¹ (sāhityā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Descendants
- → Assamese: সাহিত্য (xahiitto) (learned)
- → Bengali: সাহিত্য (śahitto) (learned)
- → Gujarati: સાહિત્ય (sāhitya) (learned)
- → Hindustani: sāhitya
- → 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, column 3.