Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian هفت ‎(haft), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 ‎(hapta), Kurdish heft, Ossetian авд ‎(avd), Pashto اووه ‎(uwə)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit सप्तन् ‎(saptan), Hindi सात ‎(sāt)), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (compare English seven, Latin septem, Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‎(heptá)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħæfd/