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sattamaṁ

sattama

adjective, accusative singular masculine, superlative form of satta (ordinal numeral, 'seventh')

  1. seventh
  2. in the seventh place

Etymology. From the ordinal sattama, derived from the cardinal satta ('seven'); compare Sanskrit sapta, Latin septem, Greek hepta, English seven — all from the Indo-European root *sweḱ-.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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