सेक
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /seːk/
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेक (séka).
Noun
सेक • (sek) m
- sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
- pouring out, emission, effusion
- a libation, offering
- Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
- a drop of any liquid
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सेक sek |
सेक sek |
| oblique | सेक sek |
सेकों sekõ |
| vocative | सेक sek |
सेको seko |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک)
- alternative form of सेंक (sẽk, “warming, heating, basking”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सेक sek |
सेकें sekẽ |
| oblique | सेक sek |
सेकों sekõ |
| vocative | सेक sek |
सेको seko |
Verb
सेक • (sek)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
सेक m
- Devanagari script form of seka (“sprinkling”)
Declension
Declension table of "सेक" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | सेको (seko) | सेका (sekā) |
| Accusative (second) | सेकं (sekaṃ) | सेके (seke) |
| Instrumental (third) | सेकेन (sekena) | सेकेहि (sekehi) or सेकेभि (sekebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | सेकस्स (sekassa) or सेकाय (sekāya) or सेकत्थं (sekatthaṃ) | सेकानं (sekānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | सेकस्मा (sekasmā) or सेकम्हा (sekamhā) or सेका (sekā) | सेकेहि (sekehi) or सेकेभि (sekebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | सेकस्स (sekassa) | सेकानं (sekānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | सेकस्मिं (sekasmiṃ) or सेकम्हि (sekamhi) or सेके (seke) | सेकेसु (sekesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | सेक (seka) | सेका (sekā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সেক (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
- সেক (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- သေက (Burmese script)
- સેક (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇಕ (Kannada script)
- សេក (Khmer script)
- ເສກ (Lao script)
- സേക (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
- ସେକ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
- සෙක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஸேக (Tamil script)
- సేక (Telugu script)
- เสก (Thai script)
- སེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-os, from *seykʷ- (“to moisten, filter”) + *-os.[1] Compare Ancient Greek ἰκμάς (ikmás), Old English sēon (“to filter”), Russian сцать (scatʹ, “to piss”). The Sanskrit root is सिच् (sic, “to moisten, pour out, sprinkle”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ́j.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪eː.kɐ/
Noun
सेक • (séka) stem, m
- sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
- pouring out, emission, effusion
- a shower-bath
- synonym of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká, “libation, offering”)
- a drop of any liquid
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सेकः (sékaḥ) | सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹) |
सेकाः (sékāḥ) सेकासः¹ (sékāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | सेकम् (sékam) | सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹) |
सेकान् (sékān) |
| instrumental | सेकेन (sékena) | सेकाभ्याम् (sékābhyām) | सेकैः (sékaiḥ) सेकेभिः¹ (sékebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सेकाय (sékāya) | सेकाभ्याम् (sékābhyām) | सेकेभ्यः (sékebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सेकात् (sékāt) | सेकाभ्याम् (sékābhyām) | सेकेभ्यः (sékebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सेकस्य (sékasya) | सेकयोः (sékayoḥ) | सेकानाम् (sékānām) |
| locative | सेके (séke) | सेकयोः (sékayoḥ) | सेकेषु (sékeṣu) |
| vocative | सेक (séka) | सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹) |
सेकाः (sékāḥ) सेकासः¹ (sékāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अभिषेक (abhiṣeka)
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “SEC (> line 6 > séka-)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 744
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “सेक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1246, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “seka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press