शैवाल
Hindi
Alternative forms
- शेवाल (śevāl)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शैवाल (śaivāla).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɛː.ʋɑːl/, [ʃɛː.ʋäːl]
Noun
शैवाल • (śaivāl) m
- the plant Blyxa octandra
- Synonyms: सेवार (sevār), सिवार (sivār)
- (by extension) alga, algae
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शैवाल śaivāl |
शैवाल śaivāl |
| oblique | शैवाल śaivāl |
शैवालों śaivālõ |
| vocative | शैवाल śaivāl |
शैवालो śaivālo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शैवाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 955