सेवक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवक (sevaka).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /seː.ʋək/, [seː.ʋɐk]
Noun
सेवक • (sevak) m (feminine सेविका, Urdu spelling سوک)
- a servant, a menial
- Synonyms: नौकर (naukar), सर्वेंट (sarvẽṭ)
- मैंने सेवक को आज्ञा दी कि तुम नगर से घोड़े को लाकर घर में रस्सी से बांधो।
- ma͠ine sevak ko ājñā dī ki tum nagar se ghoṛe ko lākar ghar mẽ rassī se bāndho.
- I commanded the servant to bring the horse from the city and fasten it by rope to the house.
- a retainer (person)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सेवक sevak |
सेवक sevak |
| oblique | सेवक sevak |
सेवकों sevakõ |
| vocative | सेवक sevak |
सेवको sevako |
See also
- English sewadar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সেৱক (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
- সেবক (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- သေဝက (Burmese script)
- સેવક (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇವಕ (Kannada script)
- សេវក (Khmer script)
- ເສວກ (Lao script)
- സേവക (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
- ସେଵକ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
- සෙවක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஸேவக (Tamil script)
- సేవక (Telugu script)
- เสวก (Thai script)
- སེ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From सेव् (sev, “to remain, stay, serve or worship”).
Noun
सेवक • (sevaka) stem, ?
- a servant
- सेवकोत्तम ― sevakottama ― The best of servants (सेवक + उत्तम (uttama))
- an employee
- अचिरस्थायिनी सेवकी ― acirasthāyinī sevakī ― A temporary employee
- a follower, a worshipper
References
- "Hindi Grammar" by Edwin Greaves. Allahabad Indian Press Ltd, 1921
- Monier Williams (1899) “सेवक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.