शीव

Marathi

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शीव

मुंबई महानगर क्षेत्र

मुंबई

नवी मुंबई

ठाणे

शीव

वांद्रे

सांताक्रूझ

विले पार्ले

उल्हासनगर

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi शीव (śīva), सीव (sīva), from Sanskrit सीमन् (sīman). Compare Portuguese Sião, English Sion, Hindi सायन (sāyan).

Noun

शीव • (śīv) f

1. boundary, limit, border

Proper noun

शीव • (śīv) f

1. Sion, Mumbai (an area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) (the historical northern boundary of Mumbai)

Derived terms

• शीवचा किल्ला (śīvcā killā, “Sion Hillock Fort”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शीव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शीव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sīmán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press