सेवा
See also: सेवि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā). The use as in bus service is a semantic loan from English service.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /seː.ʋɑː/, [seː.ʋäː]
Noun
सेवा • (sevā) f
- service, care
- सैनिक सेवा ― sainik sevā ― military service
- service, facility
- बस सेवा ― bas sevā ― bus service
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सेवा sevā |
सेवाएँ sevāẽ |
| oblique | सेवा sevā |
सेवाओं sevāõ |
| vocative | सेवा sevā |
सेवाओ sevāo |
Derived terms
- सेवा करना (sevā karnā, “to serve, to take care”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সেৱা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- সেবা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သေဝါ (Burmese script)
- સેવા (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇವಾ (Kannada script)
- សេវា (Khmer script)
- ເສວາ (Lao script)
- സേവാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᠸᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସେଵା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සෙවා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸேவா (Tamil script)
- సేవా (Telugu script)
- เสวา (Thai script)
- སེ་ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root सेव् (sev).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐj.ʋɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪eː.ʋɑː/
Noun
सेवा • (sevā) stem, f
- going or resorting to, visiting, frequenting
- service, attendance on
- worship, homage, reverence, devotion to
- sexual intercourse
- addiction to, indulgence in, practice or employment or frequent enjoyment of
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सेवा (sevā) | सेवे (seve) | सेवाः (sevāḥ) |
| accusative | सेवाम् (sevām) | सेवे (seve) | सेवाः (sevāḥ) |
| instrumental | सेवया (sevayā) सेवा¹ (sevā¹) |
सेवाभ्याम् (sevābhyām) | सेवाभिः (sevābhiḥ) |
| dative | सेवायै (sevāyai) | सेवाभ्याम् (sevābhyām) | सेवाभ्यः (sevābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सेवायाः (sevāyāḥ) सेवायै² (sevāyai²) |
सेवाभ्याम् (sevābhyām) | सेवाभ्यः (sevābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सेवायाः (sevāyāḥ) सेवायै² (sevāyai²) |
सेवयोः (sevayoḥ) | सेवानाम् (sevānām) |
| locative | सेवायाम् (sevāyām) | सेवयोः (sevayoḥ) | सेवासु (sevāsu) |
| vocative | सेवे (seve) | सेवे (seve) | सेवाः (sevāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सेवा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.