सक्थि

सक्थि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सक्थि (sákthi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sək.t̪ʰiː/, [s̪ək.t̪ʰiː]

Noun

सक्थि • (sakthi) f or m (rare, formal)

1. the thigh, thigh-bone
2. the pole or shafts of a cart

Declension

Declension of सक्थि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थियाँ sakthiyā̃
oblique	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थियों sakthiyõ
vocative	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थियो sakthiyo

Declension of सक्थि (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थि sakthi
oblique	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थियों sakthiyõ
vocative	सक्थि sakthi	सक्थियो sakthiyo

Further reading

• Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “सक्थि”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
• Platts, John T. (1884) , “सक्थि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “सक्थि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬓ᭄ᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• সক্থি (Assamese script)
• সক্থি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰎𑰿𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• સક્થિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦱꦏ꧀ꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• ಸಕ್ಥಿ (Kannada script)
• သက္ထိ (Burmese script)
• 𑐳𑐎𑑂𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସକ୍ଥି (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢒ꣄ꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆑𑇀𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖎𑖿𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• సక్థి (Telugu script)
• སཀྠི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒏𑓂𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáktʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷHt-i-s (“thigh”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬌‎ (haxti, “thigh”), Old Armenian ազդր (azdr), Middle Persian [script needed] (h(ʾ)ht' /haxt/, “thigh”), Ossetian агъд (aǧd), Hittite [Term?] (/šakuttai/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ́k.t̪ʰi/, [s̪ɐ́k̚.t̪ʰi]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐk.t̪ʰi/, [ˈs̪ɐk̚.t̪ʰi]

Noun

सक्थि • (sákthi) n

1. the thigh, thigh-bone
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. the pole or shafts of a cart
3. (euphemistic, in the dual) the female genitals
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of सक्थि (sákthi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सक्थि sákthi	सक्थ्या / सक्थ्यौ sakthyā́ / sakthyaù	सक्थी / सक्थि / सक्थीनि¹ sákthī / sákthi / sákthīni¹
Vocative	सक्थि / सक्थे sákthi / sákthe	सक्थिनी sákthinī	सक्थी / सक्थि / सक्थीनि¹ sákthī / sákthi / sákthīni¹
Accusative	सक्थि sákthi	सक्थ्या / सक्थ्यौ sakthyā́ / sakthyaù	सक्थानि sakthā́ni
Instrumental	सक्थ्ना sakthnā́	सक्थिभ्याम् sákthibhyām	सक्थिभिः sákthibhiḥ
Dative	सक्थये / सक्थ्ये² sákthaye / sákthye²	सक्थिभ्याम् sákthibhyām	सक्थिभ्यः sákthibhyaḥ
Ablative	सक्थ्नः sakthnáḥ	सक्थिभ्याम् sákthibhyām	सक्थिभ्यः sákthibhyaḥ
Genitive	सक्थ्नः sakthnáḥ	सक्थिनोः sákthinoḥ	सक्थीनाम् sákthīnām
Locative	सक्थनि / सक्थ्नि saktháni / sakthní	सक्थिनोः sákthinoḥ	सक्थिषु sákthiṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Less common

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) , “सक्थि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1124.