सेवि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- सेव (seva), सेवित (sevita)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সেৱি (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
- সেবি (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- သေဝိ (Burmese script)
- સેવિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇವಿ (Kannada script)
- សេវិ (Khmer script)
- ເສວິ (Lao script)
- സേവി (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
- ସେଵି (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
- සෙවි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஸேவி (Tamil script)
- సేవి (Telugu script)
- เสวิ (Thai script)
- སེ་ཝི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian; compare Persian سیب (sib, “apple”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐj.ʋi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪eː.ʋi/
Noun
सेवि • (sevi) stem, n [3]
- the jujube (fruit of Ziziphus jujuba)
- an apple
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सेवि (sevi) | सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
| accusative | सेवि (sevi) | सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
| instrumental | सेविना (sevinā) सेव्या¹ (sevyā¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभिः (sevibhiḥ) |
| dative | सेविने (sevine) सेवये¹ (sevaye¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभ्यः (sevibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सेविनः (sevinaḥ) सेवेः¹ (seveḥ¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभ्यः (sevibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सेविनः (sevinaḥ) सेवेः¹ (seveḥ¹) |
सेविनोः (sevinoḥ) सेव्योः¹ (sevyoḥ¹) |
सेवीनाम् (sevīnām) |
| locative | सेविनि (sevini) सेवौ¹ (sevau¹) सेवा¹ (sevā¹) |
सेविनोः (sevinoḥ) सेव्योः¹ (sevyoḥ¹) |
सेविषु (seviṣu) |
| vocative | सेवि (sevi) सेवे (seve) |
सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Bhojpuri: सेव (sēv)
- Marathi:
- Nepali: स्याउ (syāu), सेउ (seu), स्यौ (syau)
- → Newar:
- Devanagari script: स्याउ (syāu)
- Newa script: 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐄 (syāu)
- → Newar:
- Odia: ଶେଓ (śeo)
- Punjabi: ਸੇ (se), ਸੇਉ (seu), ਸੇਬ (seb), ਸੇਵ (sev), ਸਿਓ (sio)
- Malayalam: സേവി (sēvi), സേവം (sēvaṁ)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sēvi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “seva-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 520
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “सेवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247/2.