सती
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- satī (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- সতী (Bengali script)
- සතී (Sinhalese script)
- သတီ or သတဳ (Burmese script)
- สตี or สะตี (Thai script)
- ᩈᨲᩦ (Tai Tham script)
- ສຕີ or ສະຕີ (Lao script)
- សតី (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄖𑄩 (Chakma script)
Adjective
सती
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative singular feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine of सन्त (santa), which in turn is present active participle of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
Noun
सती
- Devanagari script form of satī, which is nominative/vocative/accusative plural of सति (sati, “mindfulness”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সতী (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
- সতী (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- သတီ (Burmese script)
- સતી (Gujarati script)
- ਸਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಸತೀ (Kannada script)
- សតី (Khmer script)
- ສຕີ (Lao script)
- സതീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
- ସତୀ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
- සතී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஸதீ (Tamil script)
- సతీ (Telugu script)
- สตี (Thai script)
- ས་ཏཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsatíH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sn̥t-íh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬍 (haitī), Proto-Germanic *sundī.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ.tíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.t̪iː/
Participle
सती • (satī́)
- nominative singular feminine of सत् (sat)
Noun
सती • (satī́) stem, f
- a good and virtuous or faithful wife (esp. applied in later use to the faithful wife popularly called suttee who burns herself with her husband's corpse)
- a wife, female (of an animal)
- a female ascetic
Descendants
Proper noun
सती • (satī́) stem, f
- name of the goddess दुर्गा (durgā) or उमा (umā) (sometimes described as Truth personified or as a daughter of दक्ष (dakṣa) and wife of भव (bhava) [शिव (śiva)], and sometimes represented as putting an end to herself by योग (yoga), or at a later period burning herself on the funeral pyre of her husband)