سے
Urdu
editEtymology
editUncertain.
Maybe from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀺𑀤 (sahida), from Sanskrit सहित (sahita, “with; accompanying”).
Sometimes also thought to be from Sanskrit सम (sama). Compare Braj सौं (sa͠u).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /seː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Postposition
edit- indicates association or mutual dealing: by; with; to
- وہ روز اپنے پڑوسی سے لڑتا ہے۔
- vo roz apne paṛosī se laṛtā hai.
- He fights with his neighbor every day.
- میں نے اپنی ماں سے پوچھا۔
- ma͠i ne apnī mā̃ se pūchā.
- I asked mother.
- indicates a sense of removal or going: from
- indicates exiting or separation
- وہ گھر سے نکل کر ڈاک گھر چلا۔
- vo ghar se nikal kar ḍāk-ghar calā.
- He left from the house and went to the post office.
- indicates source, cause, reason
- یہ تلوار دو صدیوں پہلے لوہے سے بنایا گیا تھا۔
- ye talvār do sadiyõ pahle lohe se banāyā gayā thā.
- This sword was made from iron two centuries ago.
- indicates origin, beginning
- میں کراچی سے آیا ہوں۔
- ma͠i karācī se āyā hū̃.
- I've come here from Karachi.
- کل سے ― kal se ― since yesterday
- indicates exiting or separation
- comparative postposition: than
- میں اُس سے ہوشیار ہوں۔
- ma͠i us se hośiyār hū̃.
- I'm smarter than him.
- indicates passage of time
- امی دیر سے یہاں بیٹھی ہوئی ہے۔
- ammī der se yahā̃ baiṭhī huī hai.
- Mom has been sitting here for a while.
- میں دو ہفتے سے بیمار ہوں۔
- ma͠i do hafte se bīmār hū̃.
- I have been sick for two weeks.
- indicates means or agency
- اِس کپڑے کو پانی سے دھونا ہو گا۔
- is kapṛe ko pānī se dhonā ho gā.
- This cloth will have to be washed with water.
- indicates manner of doing; forms adverbs
- دھیان سے سنیں۔
- dhyān se sunẽ.
- Listen carefully.
- (literally, “Listen with attention.”)
- میں بہت مشکل سے امتحان پاس ہوا۔
- ma͠i bahot muśkil se imtahān pās huā.
- I passed the exam with great difficulty.
Synonyms
edit- از (az)
References
edit- Platts, John T. (1884) “سے”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سے”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Ushojo
editPronoun
editسے (sē)
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- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Rhymes:Urdu/eː
- Rhymes:Urdu/eː/1 syllable
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu postpositions
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