सप्तम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সপ্তম (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬫ (Balinese script)
• সপ্তম (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• သပ္တမ (Burmese script)
• સપ્તમ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਪ੍ਤਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಪ್ತಮ (Kannada script)
• សប្តម (Khmer script)
• ສປ຺ຕມ (Lao script)
• സപ്തമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐩 (Newa script)
• ସପ୍ତମ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖦 (Siddham script)
• සප‍්තම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஸப்தம (Tamil script)
• సప్తమ (Telugu script)
• สปฺตม (Thai script)
• ས་པྟ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: सप्त (sapta), सप्तन् (saptan)     Ordinal: सप्तम (saptama)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptamás, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥-mó-s, from *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Latin septimus, Ancient Greek ἕβδομος (hébdomos), Ossetian ӕвдӕм (ævdæm), Khotanese 𑀳𑁄𑀤𑀫 (hodama), Persian هفتم (haftom).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐp.tɐ.mɐ́/, [sɐp̚.tɐ.mɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐp.t̪ɐ.mɐ/, [ˈs̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐ.mɐ]

Adjective

सप्तम • (saptamá) stem

1. seventh
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.1.8:

     षट् पदान्यनु नि क्रामति [...] सप्तमे पदे जुहोति

     ṣaṭ padānyanu ni krāmati [...] saptame pade juhoti

     He walks six steps [...] in the seventh step, he offers the libation.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.17:

     योऽस्य प्रथमो व्यानः सेयं भूमिः ॥
     योऽस्य द्वितीयो व्यानस्तदन्तरिक्षम् ॥
     योऽस्य तृतीयो व्यानः सा द्यौः ॥
     योऽस्य चतुर्थो व्यानस्तानि नक्षत्राणि ॥
     योऽस्य पञ्चमो व्यानस्त ऋतवः ॥
     योऽस्य षष्ठो व्यानस्त आर्तवाः ॥
     योऽस्य सप्तमो व्यानः स संवत्सरः ॥

     yoʼsya prathamo vyānaḥ seyaṃ bhūmiḥ.
     yoʼsya dvitīyo vyānastadantarikṣam.
     yoʼsya tṛtīyo vyānaḥ sā dyauḥ.
     yoʼsya caturtho vyānastāni nakṣatrāṇi.
     yoʼsya pañcamo vyānasta ṛtavaḥ.
     yoʼsya ṣaṣṭho vyānasta ārtavāḥ.
     yoʼsya saptamo vyānaḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ.

     His first diffused breath is this Earth.
     His second diffused breath is that Firmament.
     His third diffused breath is that Heaven.
     His fourth diffused breath are those Constellations.
     His fifth diffused breath are the Seasons.
     His sixth diffused breath are the Season-groups.
     His seventh diffused breath is the year.

Descendants

• Gandhari: 𐨯𐨟𐨨 (satama)
• Niya Prakrit: 𐨯𐨟𐨎𐨨 (sataṃma)
• Pali: sattama
  • → Burmese: သတ္တမ (satta.ma.)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀫 (sattama)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: सातौं (sāta͠u)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: सातवें (sātvẽ)
    • Marathi: सातवे (sātve)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: ਸੱਤਵਾਂ (sattavā̃)
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: satõ

        Arabic script: ستون

        Devanagari script: सतों

  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: સાતમું (sātmũ)
    • Hindustani: sātvā̃

      Hindi: सातवाँ (sātvā̃)

      Urdu: ساتواں (sātvā̃)

• → Bengali: সপ্তম (śoptom)
• → Kannada: ಸಪ್ತಮ (saptama)