शेव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শেৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬾᬯ (Balinese script)
• শেব (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰸𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ၐေဝ (Burmese script)
• શેવ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੇਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍇𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦺꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂵𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೇವ (Kannada script)
• ឝេវ (Khmer script)
• ເຨວ (Lao script)
• ശേവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘹𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧚𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐾𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଶେଵ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢾꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆼𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖸𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ශෙව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஶேவ (Tamil script)
• శేవ (Telugu script)
• เศว (Thai script)
• ཤེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒹𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáyHwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéyH-wo-s, from *ḱey-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hīwō (“fortune”), Latin civis (“citizen”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕeː.ʋɐ/

Adjective

शेव • (śéva) stem

1. dear, precious

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेव (śéva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेवः śévaḥ	शेवौ / शेवा¹ śévau / śévā¹	शेवाः / शेवासः¹ śévāḥ / śévāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शेव śéva	शेवौ / शेवा¹ śévau / śévā¹	शेवाः / शेवासः¹ śévāḥ / śévāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शेवम् śévam	शेवौ / शेवा¹ śévau / śévā¹	शेवान् śévān
Instrumental	शेवेन śévena	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवैः / शेवेभिः¹ śévaiḥ / śévebhiḥ¹
Dative	शेवाय śévāya	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवेभ्यः śévebhyaḥ
Ablative	शेवात् śévāt	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवेभ्यः śévebhyaḥ
Genitive	शेवस्य śévasya	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवानाम् śévānām
Locative	शेवे śéve	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवेषु śéveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of शेवा (śévā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेवा śévā	शेवे śéve	शेवाः śévāḥ
Vocative	शेवे śéve	शेवे śéve	शेवाः śévāḥ
Accusative	शेवाम् śévām	शेवे śéve	शेवाः śévāḥ
Instrumental	शेवया / शेवा¹ śévayā / śévā¹	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवाभिः śévābhiḥ
Dative	शेवायै śévāyai	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवाभ्यः śévābhyaḥ
Ablative	शेवायाः / शेवायै² śévāyāḥ / śévāyai²	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवाभ्यः śévābhyaḥ
Genitive	शेवायाः / शेवायै² śévāyāḥ / śévāyai²	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवानाम् śévānām
Locative	शेवायाम् śévāyām	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवासु śévāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of शेव (śéva)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शेवम् śévam	शेवे śéve	शेवानि / शेवा¹ śévāni / śévā¹
Vocative	शेव śéva	शेवे śéve	शेवानि / शेवा¹ śévāni / śévā¹
Accusative	शेवम् śévam	शेवे śéve	शेवानि / शेवा¹ śévāni / śévā¹
Instrumental	शेवेन śévena	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवैः / शेवेभिः¹ śévaiḥ / śévebhiḥ¹
Dative	शेवाय śévāya	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवेभ्यः śévebhyaḥ
Ablative	शेवात् śévāt	शेवाभ्याम् śévābhyām	शेवेभ्यः śévebhyaḥ
Genitive	शेवस्य śévasya	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवानाम् śévānām
Locative	शेवे śéve	शेवयोः śévayoḥ	शेवेषु śéveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• शेव्य (śévya, “friendly”)
• शेवधि (śevadhí, “hoard, treasure”)
• शेवार (śévāra, “treasury”)
• शेवृध (śévṛdha, “dear, precious”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शेव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088/3.