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sutile, sutlej, sutler, sutra, sutta pitaka, suttee, sutter, sutter's mill, sutter, john augustus, suttle, suttner
Related formssut·tee·ism, noun
Definition for suttee (2 of 2)
sati
or sa·tī, sut·tee
[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]
/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /
noun
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.
Origin of sati
First recorded in 1780–90, sati is from the Sanskrit word satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband
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suttee
/ (sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː) /
noun
the former Hindu custom whereby a widow burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
a Hindu widow who immolated herself in this way
Derived Formssutteeism, noun
Word Origin for suttee
C18: from Sanskrit satī virtuous woman, from sat good
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Word Origin and History for suttee
suttee
"self-cremation of a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre," 1786, from Hindi, from Sanskrit sati "virtuous woman," fem. of sat "good, wise," literally "existing," present participle of asmi "I am" (cognate with Latin esse; see essence). Properly, the word for the woman who does so. The custom was abolished in British India in 1829.
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