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Saptami

Saptami comes from Sanskrit सप्तमी ‘seventh day in a lunar fortnight’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*septḿ̥‘seven’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*septm̥mós‘seventh’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*saptamásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमsaptamá‘seventh’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमीsaptamī‘seventh day in a lunar fortnight’
  6. EnglishtodaySaptami

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*septḿ̥‘seven’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*septm̥mós‘seventh’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*saptamásreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमsaptamá‘seventh’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसप्तमीsaptamī‘seventh day in a lunar fortnight’
  6. EnglishtodaySaptami

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’

seven, septic, 18 more

through Proto-Indo-European *septm̥mós ‘seventh’

seventh, 4 more

Today it means

name The seventh day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in Hindu lunar calendar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ / Saptami

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