सप्ताह

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सप्ताह (saptāha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səp.t̪ɑːɦ/, [sɐp.t̪äːʱ]

Noun

सप्ताह • (saptāh) m (Urdu spelling سپتاہ)

1. week

   Synonym: हफ़्ता (haftā)

   एक सप्ताह में सात दिन होते हैं।

   ek saptāh mẽ sāt din hote ha͠i.

   There are seven days in one week.

   हड़ताल एक सप्ताह चली। ― haṛtāl ek saptāh calī. ― The strike lasted one week.

Declension

Declension of सप्ताह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सप्ताह saptāh	सप्ताह saptāh
oblique	सप्ताह saptāh	सप्ताहों saptāhõ
vocative	सप्ताह saptāh	सप्ताहो saptāho

See also

• (days of the week) सप्ताह के दिन (saptāh ke din); रविवार (ravivār) / इतवार (itvār), सोमवार (somvār), मंगलवार (maṅgalvār), बुधवार (budhvār), गुरुवार (guruvār) / बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār), शुक्रवार (śukravār), शनिवार (śanivār) ^{(Category: hi:Days of the week)}
• (units of time) समय के मात्रक (samay ke mātrak); बरस (baras, “year”) / साल (sāl, “year”), मास (mās, “month”) / महीना (mahīnā, “month”), सप्ताह (saptāh, “week”), दिन (din, “day”), घंटा (ghaṇṭā, “hour”), मिनट (minaṭ, “minute”), सैकंड (saikaṇḍ, “second”)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सप्ताह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• সপ্তাহ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
• সপ্তাহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• သပ္တါဟ (Burmese script)
• સપ્તાહ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ਤਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ತಾಹ (Kannada script)
• សប្តាហ (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ຕາຫ (Lao script)
• സപ്താഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତାହ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
• සප‍්තාහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஸப்தாஹ (Tamil script)
• సప్తాహ (Telugu script)
• สปฺตาห (Thai script)
• ས་པྟཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of सप्त (saptá, “seven”) +‎ अहर् (áhar, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐp.tɑː.ɦɐ́/, [sɐp̚.tɑː.ɦɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐpˈt̪ɑː.ɦɐ/, [s̪ɐp̚ˈt̪ɑː.ɦɐ]

Noun

सप्ताह • (saptāhá) stem, m

1. a period of seven days: week
2. a sacrificial performance lasting seven days

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सप्ताह (saptāha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सप्ताहः saptāhaḥ	सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹ saptāhau / saptāhā¹	सप्ताहाः / सप्ताहासः¹ saptāhāḥ / saptāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सप्ताह saptāha	सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹ saptāhau / saptāhā¹	सप्ताहाः / सप्ताहासः¹ saptāhāḥ / saptāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सप्ताहम् saptāham	सप्ताहौ / सप्ताहा¹ saptāhau / saptāhā¹	सप्ताहान् saptāhān
Instrumental	सप्ताहेन saptāhena	सप्ताहाभ्याम् saptāhābhyām	सप्ताहैः / सप्ताहेभिः¹ saptāhaiḥ / saptāhebhiḥ¹
Dative	सप्ताहाय saptāhāya	सप्ताहाभ्याम् saptāhābhyām	सप्ताहेभ्यः saptāhebhyaḥ
Ablative	सप्ताहात् saptāhāt	सप्ताहाभ्याम् saptāhābhyām	सप्ताहेभ्यः saptāhebhyaḥ
Genitive	सप्ताहस्य saptāhasya	सप्ताहयोः saptāhayoḥ	सप्ताहानाम् saptāhānām
Locative	सप्ताहे saptāhe	सप्ताहयोः saptāhayoḥ	सप्ताहेषु saptāheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: sattāha
  • → Khmer: សត្តាហៈ (sattaahaʼ) (learned)
  • → Thai: สัตตาห (learned)
• Prakrit:
  • Nepali: साता (sātā)
  • ⇒ Marathi: सातेरें (sāterẽ), सातरें (sātrẽ)
  • ⇒ Sindhi: [script needed] (satāṛo)
• → Assamese: সপ্তাহ (xoptah) (learned)
• → Bengali: সপ্তাহ (śoptaho) (learned)
• → Hindustani: saptāh (learned)

  Hindi: सप्ताह

• → Khmer: សប្តាហ៍ (sappədaa), សប្តាហៈ (sapphdaahaʼ) (learned)
• → Lao: ສັບດາ (sap dā), ສັບປະດາ (sap pa dā) (learned)
• → Marathi: सप्ताह (saptāh) (learned)
• → Nepali: सप्ताह (saptāha) (learned)
• → Odia: ସପ୍ତାହ (saptāha), ସପ୍ତା (saptā) (learned)
• → Tamil: ஸப்தாஹம் (saptāham), சப்தாகம் (captākam), சத்தாகம் (cattākam) (learned)
• → Thai: สัปดาห์ (sàp-daa), สัปดาหะ (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “सप्ताह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1150.