सेक
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेक (séka).
Noun edit
सेक • (sek) m
- sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
- pouring out, emission, effusion
- a libation, offering
- Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
- a drop of any liquid
Declension edit
Declension of सेक (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک)
- Alternative form of सेंक (sẽk, “warming, heating, basking”)
Declension edit
Declension of सेक (fem cons-stem)
Verb edit
सेक • (sek)
- inflection of सेकना (seknā):
Further reading edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
सेक m
- Devanagari script form of seka (“sprinkling”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "सेक" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | सेको (seko) | सेका (sekā) |
Accusative (second) | सेकं (sekaṃ) | सेके (seke) |
Instrumental (third) | सेकेन (sekena) | सेकेहि (sekehi) or सेकेभि (sekebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | सेकस्स (sekassa) or सेकाय (sekāya) or सेकत्थं (sekatthaṃ) | सेकानं (sekānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | सेकस्मा (sekasmā) or सेकम्हा (sekamhā) or सेका (sekā) | सेकेहि (sekehi) or सेकेभि (sekebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | सेकस्स (sekassa) | सेकानं (sekānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | सेकस्मिं (sekasmiṃ) or सेकम्हि (sekamhi) or सेके (seke) | सेकेसु (sekesu) |
Vocative (calling) | सेक (seka) | सेका (sekā) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- সেক (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
- সেক (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- သေက (Burmese script)
- સેક (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೇಕ (Kannada script)
- សេក (Khmer script)
- ເສກ (Lao script)
- സേക (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
- ସେକ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
- සෙක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஸேக (Tamil script)
- సేక (Telugu script)
- เสก (Thai script)
- སེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-os, from *seykʷ- (“to moisten, filter”) + *-os. Compare Ancient Greek ἰκμάς (ikmás), Old English sēon (“to filter”), Russian сцать (scatʹ, “to piss”). The Sanskrit root is सिच् (sic, “to moisten, pour out, sprinkle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सेक • (séka) stem, m
- sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
- pouring out, emission, effusion
- a shower-bath
- Synonym of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká, “libation, offering”)
- a drop of any liquid
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of सेक (séka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सेकः sékaḥ |
सेकौ / सेका¹ sékau / sékā¹ |
सेकाः / सेकासः¹ sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | सेक séka |
सेकौ / सेका¹ sékau / sékā¹ |
सेकाः / सेकासः¹ sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | सेकम् sékam |
सेकौ / सेका¹ sékau / sékā¹ |
सेकान् sékān |
Instrumental | सेकेन sékena |
सेकाभ्याम् sékābhyām |
सेकैः / सेकेभिः¹ sékaiḥ / sékebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | सेकाय sékāya |
सेकाभ्याम् sékābhyām |
सेकेभ्यः sékebhyaḥ |
Ablative | सेकात् sékāt |
सेकाभ्याम् sékābhyām |
सेकेभ्यः sékebhyaḥ |
Genitive | सेकस्य sékasya |
सेकयोः sékayoḥ |
सेकानाम् sékānām |
Locative | सेके séke |
सेकयोः sékayoḥ |
सेकेषु sékeṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms edit
- अभिषेक (abhiṣeka)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “सेक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1246, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “seka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press