सेविका
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā). Doublet of सेवँई (sevãī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सेविका • (sevikā) f (masculine सेवक) (rare, formal)
- a maid, female servant
- Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)
Declension edit
Declension of सेविका (fem ā-stem)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सेविका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सेविका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬾᬯᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- সেৱিকা (Assamese script)
- সেবিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- સેવિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਸੇਵਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦺꦮꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- សេវិកា (Khmer script)
- ಸೇವಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ເສວິກາ (Lao script)
- സേവികാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠧᠸᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡝᠸᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- သေဝိကာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସେଵିକା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢾꢮꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සේවිකා (Sinhalese script)
- ஸேவிகா (Tamil script)
- సేవికా (Telugu script)
- เสวิกา (Thai script)
- སེ་ཝི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology edit
Derived from the root सेव् (sev) + -इका (-ikā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सेविका • (sevikā) root form, f (masculine सेवक)
- a maid, female servant
- Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका (sevikā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सेविका sevikā |
सेविके sevike |
सेविकाः sevikāḥ |
Vocative | सेविके sevike |
सेविके sevike |
सेविकाः sevikāḥ |
Accusative | सेविकाम् sevikām |
सेविके sevike |
सेविकाः sevikāḥ |
Instrumental | सेविकया / सेविका¹ sevikayā / sevikā¹ |
सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām |
सेविकाभिः sevikābhiḥ |
Dative | सेविकायै sevikāyai |
सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām |
सेविकाभ्यः sevikābhyaḥ |
Ablative | सेविकायाः sevikāyāḥ |
सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām |
सेविकाभ्यः sevikābhyaḥ |
Genitive | सेविकायाः sevikāyāḥ |
सेविकयोः sevikayoḥ |
सेविकानाम् sevikānām |
Locative | सेविकायाम् sevikāyām |
सेविकयोः sevikayoḥ |
सेविकासु sevikāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899), “सेविका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.