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): /s̪ɐ.bʱɑː.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

	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 (sabhā́pátinā) सभापत्या¹ (sabhā́pátyā¹)	सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām)	सभापतिभिः (sabhā́pátibhiḥ)
dative	सभापतये (sabhā́pátaye)	सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām)	सभापतिभ्यः (sabhā́pátibhyaḥ)
ablative	सभापतेः (sabhā́páteḥ) सभापत्यः¹ (sabhā́pátyaḥ¹)	सभापतिभ्याम् (sabhā́pátibhyām)	सभापतिभ्यः (sabhā́pátibhyaḥ)
genitive	सभापतेः (sabhā́páteḥ) सभापत्यः¹ (sabhā́pátyaḥ¹)	सभापत्योः (sabhā́pátyoḥ)	सभापतीनाम् (sabhā́pátīnām)
locative	सभापतौ (sabhā́pátau) सभापता¹ (sabhā́pátā¹)	सभापत्योः (sabhā́pátyoḥ)	सभापतिषु (sabhā́pátiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

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