SUTTEE


Meaning of SUTTEE in English

n. (also sati) (pl. suttees or satis) esp. hist.

1. the Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.

2 a widow who undergoes or has undergone this.

Etymology: Hindi & Urdu f. Skr. sati faithful wife f. sat good

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.