सेतु
See also: सत्, सूत, and स्तृ
Hindi
Noun
सेतु • (setu) m (Urdu spelling سیتو)
- bridge
Declension
Declension of सेतु (masc u-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | सेतु setu | सेतु setu |
oblique | सेतु setu | सेतुओं setuõ |
vocative | सेतु setu | सेतुओ setuo |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- setu (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- সেতু (Bengali script)
- සෙතු (Sinhalese script)
- သေတု (Burmese script)
- เสตุ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ເສຕຸ (Lao script)
- សេតុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄬𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)
Noun
सेतु m
- Devanagari script form of setu (“embankment”)
Declension
Declension table of "सेतु" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | सेतु (setu) | सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū) |
Accusative (second) | सेतुं (setuṃ) | सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū) |
Instrumental (third) | सेतुना (setunā) | सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi) |
Dative (fourth) | सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno) | सेतूनं (setūnaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | सेतुस्मा (setusmā) or सेतुम्हा (setumhā) | सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno) | सेतूनं (setūnaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | सेतुस्मिं (setusmiṃ) or सेतुम्हि (setumhi) | सेतूसु (setūsu) |
Vocative (calling) | सेतु (setu) | सेतवे (setave) or सेतवो (setavo) |
Verb
सेतु
- Devanagari script form of setu, which is third-person singular imperative active of सेति (seti, “to sleep”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬾᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- সেতু (Assamese script)
- সেতু (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- સેતુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦺꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- សេតុ (Khmer script)
- ಸೇತು (Kannada script)
- ເສຕຸ (Lao script)
- സേതു (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡝᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- သေတု (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ସେତୁ (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢾꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- සේතු (Sinhalese script)
- సేతు (Telugu script)
- เสตุ (Thai script)
- སེ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge, dam”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎 (haētu, “bridge, dam”), Ossetian хид (xid, “bridge”), Latin saeta.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ́j.tu/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪eː.t̪u/
Noun
सेतु • (sétu) m
- a bridge
- a dam
- a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike
- any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- a bond, fetter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.4:
- सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
अस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवः ॥- sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśinaḥ santi setavaḥ . - Sweet-tongued, exhaustless, they have sent their voices down togetlier, in heaven's vault that pours a thousand streams.
His wildly-restless warders never close an eye: in every place are found the bonds that bind man last.
- sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
- सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
- a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary
- an established institution, fixed rule
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of सेतु (sétu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सेतुः sétuḥ | सेतू sétū | सेतवः sétavaḥ |
Vocative | सेतो séto | सेतू sétū | सेतवः sétavaḥ |
Accusative | सेतुम् sétum | सेतू sétū | सेतून् sétūn |
Instrumental | सेतुना / सेत्वा¹ sétunā / sétvā¹ | सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām | सेतुभिः sétubhiḥ |
Dative | सेतवे / सेत्वे² sétave / sétve² | सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām | सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ |
Ablative | सेतोः / सेत्वः² sétoḥ / sétvaḥ² | सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām | सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ |
Genitive | सेतोः / सेत्वः² sétoḥ / sétvaḥ² | सेत्वोः sétvoḥ | सेतूनाम् sétūnām |
Locative | सेतौ sétau | सेत्वोः sétvoḥ | सेतुषु sétuṣu |
Notes |
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Adjective
सेतु • (setu)
- binding
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
Borrowed terms
- Hindi: सेतु (setu)
- Bengali: সেতু (setu)
- Kannada: ಸೇತುವೆ (sētuve)
- Savi: si
- Telugu: సేతువు (sētuvu)
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: siw
- Khowar: سےر (séer)
- Torwali: سے (sē)
- Pali: setu
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀉 (seu)