sati
noun/ˈsʌtiː/, /sʌˈtiː/
/ˈsʌtiː/, /sʌˈtiː/
(also suttee)
- [uncountable] the former practice in Hinduism of a wife burning herself with the body of her dead husband
- [countable] a wife who did this
Word OriginHindi, from Sanskrit satī ‘faithful wife’, from sat ‘good’.
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