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suttee

suttee noun: the traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

  1. (Hinduism, historical) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
    Synonyms:
    anumarana, anugamana

suttee meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

suttee in Tamil

தீக்குளிப்பு

suttee in Gujarati

suttee
સતી satī

Synonyms of suttee

Forms of suttee

pluralsuttees
alternative formsati

Origin of suttee

From Sanskrit सती (satī́, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from सत् (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

Words formed from suttee

Words that rhyme with suttee

Questions about suttee

What does suttee mean?
Suttee means the traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.
What is suttee in Tamil?
Suttee in Tamil is தீக்குளிப்பு. See Suttee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is suttee?
Suttee is a noun.
What is the plural of suttee?
The plural of suttee is suttees.

Words near suttee in the dictionary

  1. SUTs
  2. Sutsien
  3. Sutskever
  4. sutta
  5. suttas
  6. suttee
  7. sutteeism
  8. suttees
  9. Sutter
  10. Sutter County
  11. Sutter Creek

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suttee (page history and authors); suttee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સતી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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