सभापति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सभापति (sabhāpati); equivalent to सभा (sabhā) +‎ पति (pati).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.bʱɑː.pə.t̪iː/, [sɐ.bʱäː.pɐ.t̪iː]

Noun

सभापति • (sabhāpati) m

1. (politics) the presiding officer of a legislative assembly

Declension

Declension of सभापति (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सभापति sabhāpti	सभापति sabhāpti
oblique	सभापति sabhāpti	सभापतियों sabhāptiyõ
vocative	सभापति sabhāpti	सभापतियो sabhāptiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সভাপতি (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬪᬵᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• সভাপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰥𑰯𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀪𑀸𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သဘာပတိ (Burmese script)
• સભાપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਭਾਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌭𑌾𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦨꦴꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂦𑂰𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಭಾಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• សភាបតិ (Khmer script)
• ສຠາປຕິ (Lao script)
• സഭാപതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘥𑘰𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠪᠾᠠᢗᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧅𑧑𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐨𑐵𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସଭାପତି (Odia script)
• ꢱꢩꢵꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆨𑆳𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖥𑖯𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සභාපති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩳𑩛𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚡𑚭𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸப⁴ாபதி (Tamil script)
• సభాపతి (Telugu script)
• สภาปติ (Thai script)
• ས་བྷཱ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒦𑒰𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨡𑨊𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of सभा (sabhā́, “council, assembly”) +‎ पति (páti, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.bʱɑ́ː.pɐ́.t̪i/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈbʱɑː.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

सभापति • (sabhā́-páti) stem, m

1. the president or chairman of an assembly or council
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.3.15:

     ... नमः॑ स॒भाभ्यः॑ स॒भाप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒ ...

     ... námaḥ sabhā́bhyaḥ sabhā́patibhyaśca vo námo ...

     Homage to the assemblies, and to you, the lords of assemblies, homage!

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of सभापति (sabhā́páti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सभापतिः sabhā́pátiḥ	सभापती sabhā́pátī	सभापतयः sabhā́pátayaḥ
Vocative	सभापते sábhāpate	सभापती sábhāpatī	सभापतयः sábhāpatayaḥ
Accusative	सभापतिम् sabhā́pátim	सभापती sabhā́pátī	सभापतीन् sabhā́pátīn
Instrumental	सभापतिना / सभापत्या¹ sabhā́pátinā / sabhā́pátyā¹	सभापतिभ्याम् sabhā́pátibhyām	सभापतिभिः sabhā́pátibhiḥ
Dative	सभापतये sabhā́pátaye	सभापतिभ्याम् sabhā́pátibhyām	सभापतिभ्यः sabhā́pátibhyaḥ
Ablative	सभापतेः / सभापत्यः¹ sabhā́páteḥ / sabhā́pátyaḥ¹	सभापतिभ्याम् sabhā́pátibhyām	सभापतिभ्यः sabhā́pátibhyaḥ
Genitive	सभापतेः / सभापत्यः¹ sabhā́páteḥ / sabhā́pátyaḥ¹	सभापत्योः sabhā́pátyoḥ	सभापतीनाम् sabhā́pátīnām
Locative	सभापतौ / सभापता¹ sabhā́pátau / sabhā́pátā¹	सभापत्योः sabhā́pátyoḥ	सभापतिषु sabhā́pátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Assamese: সভাপতি (xobhapoti) (learned)
• → Bengali: সভাপতি (śôbhapôti) (learned)
• → Burmese: သဘာပတိ (sa.bhapa.ti.) (learned)
• → Gujarati: સભાપતિ (sabhāpti) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: सभापति (sabhāpati)

• → Kannada: ಸಭಾಪತಿ (sabhāpati) (learned)
• → Old Khmer: sabhāpati (learned)
• → Marathi: सभापति (sabhāpati) (learned)
• → Nepali: सभापति (sabhāpati) (learned)
• → Odia: ସଭାପତି (sabhāpati) (learned)
• → Telugu: సభాపతి (sabhāpati) (learned)
• → Thai: สภาบดี (sà-paa-bɔɔ-dii) (learned)
• → Shan: သပႃႇပတီႉ (sǎ pàa pǎ tḭ̂i) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “सभापति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1151.