सेतु
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /seː.t̪uː/
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "सेतु" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | सेतु (setu) | सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū) |
| Accusative (second) | सेतुं (setuṃ) | सेतवो (setavo) or सेतू (setū) |
| Instrumental (third) | सेतुना (setunā) | सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno) | सेतूनं (setūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | सेतुस्मा (setusmā) or सेतुम्हा (setumhā) | सेतूहि (setūhi) or सेतूभि (setūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | सेतुस्स (setussa) or सेतुनो (setuno) | सेतूनं (setūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | सेतुस्मिं (setusmiṃ) or सेतुम्हि (setumhi) | सेतूसु (setūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | सेतु (setu) | सेतवे (setave) or सेतवो (setavo) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- সেতু (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- সেতু (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- သေတု (Burmese script)
- સેતુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇತು (Kannada script)
- សេតុ (Khmer script)
- ເສຕຸ (Lao script)
- സേതു (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ସେତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- සෙතු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஸேது (Tamil script)
- సేతు (Telugu script)
- เสตุ (Thai script)
- སེ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sHáytuš (“bridge, dam”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂éy-tu-s ~ *sh₂i-téw-s, from *sh₂ey- (“to bind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎 (haētu, “bridge, dam”), Ossetian хид (xid, “bridge”), Latin saeta.
Noun
सेतु • (sétu) stem, m
- a bridge
- a dam
- a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike
- any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations)
- a bond, fetter
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.4:
- सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
अस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवः ॥- sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśinaḥ santi setavaḥ. - Sweet-tongued, exhaustless, they have sent their voices down togetlier, in heaven's vault that pours a thousand streams.
His wildly-restless warders never close an eye: in every place are found the bonds that bind man last.
- sahasradhāreʼva te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ.
- सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः।
- a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary
- an established institution, fixed rule
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of सेतु (sétu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सेतुः sétuḥ |
सेतू sétū |
सेतवः sétavaḥ |
| Vocative | सेतो séto |
सेतू sétū |
सेतवः sétavaḥ |
| Accusative | सेतुम् sétum |
सेतू sétū |
सेतून् sétūn |
| Instrumental | सेतुना / सेत्वा¹ sétunā / sétvā¹ |
सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām |
सेतुभिः sétubhiḥ |
| Dative | सेतवे / सेत्वे¹ sétave / sétve¹ |
सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām |
सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सेतोः / सेत्वः¹ sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹ |
सेतुभ्याम् sétubhyām |
सेतुभ्यः sétubhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सेतोः / सेत्वः¹ sétoḥ / sétvaḥ¹ |
सेत्वोः sétvoḥ |
सेतूनाम् sétūnām |
| Locative | सेतौ sétau |
सेत्वोः sétvoḥ |
सेतुषु sétuṣu |
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Borrowed terms
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