𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (saüttī)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapátnī). Cognate with Pali sapattī.
Noun
𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) f (Devanagari सवत्ती, Kannada ಸವತ್ತೀ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
- a co-wife
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) |
| Accusative | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀁 (savattiṃ) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) |
| Instrumental | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺 (savattīhi) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (savattīhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (savattīhiṃto) |
| Genitive | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀡 (savattīṇa) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀡𑀁 (savattīṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀏 (savattīe) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 (savattīsu) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (savattīsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (savatti) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) | 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻𑀑 (savattīo) or 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) |
Descendants
- Hindustani: saut
- Old Marathi: savatī
- Devanagari script: सवती
- Modi script: 𑘭𑘪𑘝𑘲
- Marathi: सवत (savat)
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “सवत्ती”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 882.
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 195
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 18.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760