सीम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সীম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬷᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সীম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰱𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀻𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သီမ် (Burmese script)
- સીમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੀਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍀𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦷꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂲𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೀಮ್ (Kannada script)
- សីម៑ (Khmer script)
- ສີມ຺ (Lao script)
- സീമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡳᡳᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘲𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠢᠢᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧓𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐷𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସୀମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢷꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆵𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖱𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සීම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩑𑩛𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚯𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸீம் (Tamil script)
- సీమ్ (Telugu script)
- สีมฺ (Thai script)
- སཱི་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒲𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨁𑨊𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Originally accusative of a pronominal base and connected with स (sa) as कीम् (kīm) with क (ka); from Proto-Indo-Iranian *siHm, from Proto-Indo-European *sih₂m̥, the accusative of Proto-Indo-European *síh₂.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /siːm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪iːm/
Pronoun
सीम् • (sīm) (Rigvedic)
- him, her, it, them (employed for all genders, numbers and persons and often weakened into a generalizing and emphasizing particle, which may become an enclitic particle after a pronoun or preposition, often translatable by "ever")
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सीम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1218, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 732