सौतेला
Hindi
Etymology
From सौत (saut, “co-wife”) + -एला (-elā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɔː.t̪eː.lɑː/, [s̪ɔː.t̪eː.l̪äː]
Adjective
सौतेला • (sautelā) (Urdu spelling سَوتیلا)
- from a different wife, from a co-wife
- step-, half-
- सौतेला भाई ― sautelā bhāī ― stepbrother
- सौतेला बाप ― sautelā bāp ― stepfather
- सौतेली माँ ― sautelī mā̃ ― stepmother
Declension
Declension of सौतेला (ā-stem)
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | सौतेला sautelā | सौतेले sautele | सौतेली sautelī | सौतेली sautelī |
| oblique | सौतेले sautele | सौतेले sautele | सौतेली sautelī | सौतेली sautelī |
| vocative | सौतेले sautele | सौतेले sautele | सौतेली sautelī | सौतेली sautelī |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सौतेला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “सौतेला”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सौतेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press