𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀𐬚𐬀

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptátʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥-th₂o-s (“seventh”), from *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Sanskrit सप्तथ (saptátha), Lithuanian septiñtas, Proto-Germanic *sebundô (whence English seventh).

Adjective

𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀𐬚𐬀 • (haptaθa)

  1. seventh

Further reading
  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Seventh”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 457
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