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suttee
We have found lemma(root) word of suttee : sati.
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[ˈsʌtiː], (Noun)
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- a former practice in India whereby a widow threw herself on to her husband's funeral pyre
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Hindi, from Sanskrit satī ‘faithful wife’, from sat ‘good’
[ˈsʌtiː], (Noun)
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- the wife of Shiva, reborn as Parvati. According to some accounts, she died by throwing herself into a sacred fire
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