सौतन

सौतन

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī), from 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī) + 𑀇𑀡𑀻 (iṇī), the former component from Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapátnī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɔː.t̪ən/, [s̪ɔː.t̪ə̃n̪]

Noun

सौतन • (sautan) f (Urdu spelling سوتن‎)[1][2][3]

1. a co-wife

Declension

Declension of सौतन (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सौतन sautan	सौतनें sautanẽ
oblique	सौतन sautan	सौतनों sautanõ
vocative	सौतन sautan	सौतनो sautano

Related terms

• सौत (saut)
• सौतेला (sautelā)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760
2. Platts, John T. (1884), “सौतन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 694
3. Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सौतन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha