सक्थि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सक्थि (sákthi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sək.t̪ʰiː/, [sɐk.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

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सक्थि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সক্থি (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬓ᭄ᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• সক্থি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰎𑰿𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သက္ထိ (Burmese script)
• સક્થિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਕ੍ਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌕𑍍𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦏ꧀ꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂍𑂹𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಕ್ಥಿ (Kannada script)
• សក្ថិ (Khmer script)
• ສກ຺ຖິ (Lao script)
• സക്ഥി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡬᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘎𑘿𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢉᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦮𑧠𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐎𑑂𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସକ୍ଥି (Odia script)
• ꢱꢒ꣄ꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆑𑇀𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖎𑖿𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සක‍්ථි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩜 𑪙𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚊𑚶𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸக்தி² (Tamil script)
• సక్థి (Telugu script)
• สกฺถิ (Thai script)
• ས་ཀྠི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒏𑓂𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨋𑩇𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square 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): /sɐ́k.tʰi/, [sɐ́k̚.tʰi]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐk.t̪ʰi/, [s̪ɐk̚.t̪ʰi]

Noun

सक्थि • (sákthi) stem, 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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सक्थि (sákthi)	सक्थ्या (sakthyā́) सक्थ्यौ (sakthyaù)	सक्थीनि (sákthīni) सक्थि¹ (sákthi¹) सक्थी¹ (sákthī¹)
vocative	सक्थि (sákthi) सक्थे (sákthe)	सक्थिनी (sákthinī)	सक्थीनि (sákthīni) सक्थि¹ (sákthi¹) सक्थी¹ (sákthī¹)
accusative	सक्थि (sákthi)	सक्थ्या (sakthyā́) सक्थ्यौ (sakthyaù)	सक्थानि (sakthā́ni)
instrumental	सक्थ्ना (sakthnā́)	सक्थिभ्याम् (sákthibhyām)	सक्थिभिः (sákthibhiḥ)
dative	सक्थिने (sákthine) सक्थये¹ (sákthaye¹)	सक्थिभ्याम् (sákthibhyām)	सक्थिभ्यः (sákthibhyaḥ)
ablative	सक्थ्नः (sakthnáḥ)	सक्थिभ्याम् (sákthibhyām)	सक्थिभ्यः (sákthibhyaḥ)
genitive	सक्थ्नः (sakthnáḥ)	सक्थिनोः (sákthinoḥ)	सक्थीनाम् (sákthīnām)
locative	सक्थनि (saktháni) सक्थ्नि (sakthní)	सक्थिनोः (sákthinoḥ)	सक्थिषु (sákthiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: satthi

Further reading

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