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Word: Sati
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Hindi, from Sanskrit satī ‘faithful wife’, from sat ‘good’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsʌtiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a former practice in India whereby a widow threw herself on to her husband's funeral pyre.
Short Definition:former practice of widow throwing herself on to her husband's funeral pyre
Variant Forms:
- suttee
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