sati (also sut·tee) BrE /ˈsʌtiː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌtiː/ 🔊BrE /sʌˈtiː/ 🔊NAmE /sʌˈtiː/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the former practice in Hinduism of a wife burning herself with the body of her dead husband 萨底，寡妇自焚殉夫（旧时印度教习俗） [countable] a wife who did this 自焚殉夫的寡妇