सेवँई

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • सेंवई (sẽvaī), सेंमई (sẽmaī), सेमँई (semãī), सेमई (semaī), सेवई (sevaī)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /seː.ʋə̃.iː/, [seː.ʋɐ̃.iː]

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯der.
    Sanskrit समिता (samitā)
    Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā)
    Hindi सेवँई (sevãī)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀅 (samia, “kind of food”), 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā, “wheat flour”), from Sanskrit शमिता (śamitā, “rice powder”), समिता (samitā, “wheat flour”).[1] Compare the later Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā, “sevai”).

    Doublet of सेविका (sevikā).

    Noun

    सेवँई • (sevãī) f (Urdu spelling سیوئیں)

    1. sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)
    Declension
    Declension of सेवँई (fem ind ī-stem)
    singular plural
    direct सेवँई
    sevãī     		सेवँइयाँ
    sevãiyā̃
    oblique सेवँई
    sevãī     		सेवँइयों
    sevãiyõ
    vocative सेवँई
    sevãī     		सेवँइयो
    sevãiyo

    Etymology 2

      Etymology tree
      Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀫 (sāma)
      Hindi सेवँई (sevãī)

      Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀫 (sāma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma). Doublet of श्याम (śyām).

      Noun

      सेवँई • (sevãī) f (Urdu spelling سیوئیں)

      1. a kind of a fragrant grass
      Declension
      Declension of सेवँई (fem ind ī-stem)
      singular plural
      direct सेवँई
      sevãī       		सेवँइयाँ
      sevãiyā̃
      oblique सेवँई
      sevãī       		सेवँइयों
      sevãiyõ
      vocative सेवँई
      sevãī       		सेवँइयो
      sevãiyo

      References

      1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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