સસ્તું
Gujarati
Etymology
Unclear.[1] The preservation of the cluster -st- universally rules out Sanskrit inheritance; most Indo-Aryan languages would have assimilated that to -tt-. Given the widespread distribution of the term, it would have been an early borrowing or a borrowing from an influential language. Cognate with Assamese সস্তা (xosta), Bengali সস্তা (śosta), Hindustani سستا / सस्ता (sastā), the hypercorrected Marathi स्वस्त (svasta) (earlier सस्त (sasta)), Nepali सस्तो (sasto), Odia ଶସ୍ତା (śastā), Punjabi ਸਸਤਾ (sastā), Sindhi سَستو (sasto), Sylheti ꠢꠍꠔꠣ (hosta).
Theories
- An assimilation of Classical Persian سست (sust, “languid, lazy; loose”), making it a doublet of સુસ્ત (sust).
- Inherited from Sanskrit स्वस्थ (svastha, “healthy”).[2][3] This is unlikely due to the regular simplification of consonant clusters in Middle Indo-Aryan; compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣 (sattha), which would theoretically yield Hindi *साथा (sāthā) or *सत्था (satthā).
- The likely wrong suggestion of inheritance from Sanskrit समर्घ (samargha, “having a low price”).[4] This already yielded સોંઘું (soṅghũ, “cheap”), which is not very common now. The only redeeming quality of this suggestion is that offers a direct contrast to મોંઘું (moṅghũ, “expensive”), from Sanskrit महार्घ (mahārgha, “having a high price”). Compare Hindi सहँगा (sahaṅgā, “cheap”), Old Marathi सवंग (savaṃga).[5]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈsəs.t̪ũ/
- Rhymes: -ũ
Adjective
સસ્તું • (sastũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | સસ્તો (sasto) | સસ્તા (sastā) | સસ્તા (sastā) | સસ્તે (saste) | ||
| neuter | સસ્તું (sastũ) | સસ્તા (sastā) | સસ્તાં (sastā̃) | સસ્તે (saste) | ||
| feminine | સસ્તી (sastī) | સસ્તી (sastī) | સસ્તી (sastī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
References
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सस्ता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सस्ता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “सस्ता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “سستا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- ^ Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “सवंग”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan