सहवास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहवास (sahávāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səɦ.ʋɑːs/, [sɛʱ.ʋäːs]

Noun

सहवास • (sahvās) m (Urdu spelling سہواس)

1. coresidence
2. sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of सहवास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सहवास sahvās	सहवास sahvās
oblique	सहवास sahvās	सहवासों sahvāsõ
vocative	सहवास sahvās	सहवासो sahvāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहवास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सहवास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সহৱাস (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬳᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• সহবাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰮𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀳𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• သဟဝါသ (Burmese script)
• સહવાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਹਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌹𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦲꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂯𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಹವಾಸ (Kannada script)
• សហវាស (Khmer script)
• ສຫວາສ (Lao script)
• സഹവാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘮𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠾᠠᠸᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧎𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐴𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ସହଵାସ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢲꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆲𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖮𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• සහවාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪂𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚩𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஸஹவாஸ (Tamil script)
• సహవాస (Telugu script)
• สหวาส (Thai script)
• ས་ཧ་ཝཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒯𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨱𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सह (sahá, “together”) +‎ वास (vāsa, “dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɦɐ́.ʋɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.ɦɐˈʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

सहवास • (sahávāsa) stem, m

1. dwelling together, common abode

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सहवास (sahávāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सहवासः sahávāsaḥ	सहवासौ / सहवासा¹ sahávāsau / sahávāsā¹	सहवासाः / सहवासासः¹ sahávāsāḥ / sahávāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सहवास sáhavāsa	सहवासौ / सहवासा¹ sáhavāsau / sáhavāsā¹	सहवासाः / सहवासासः¹ sáhavāsāḥ / sáhavāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सहवासम् sahávāsam	सहवासौ / सहवासा¹ sahávāsau / sahávāsā¹	सहवासान् sahávāsān
Instrumental	सहवासेन sahávāsena	सहवासाभ्याम् sahávāsābhyām	सहवासैः / सहवासेभिः¹ sahávāsaiḥ / sahávāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	सहवासाय sahávāsāya	सहवासाभ्याम् sahávāsābhyām	सहवासेभ्यः sahávāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	सहवासात् sahávāsāt	सहवासाभ्याम् sahávāsābhyām	सहवासेभ्यः sahávāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	सहवासस्य sahávāsasya	सहवासयोः sahávāsayoḥ	सहवासानाम् sahávāsānām
Locative	सहवासे sahávāse	सहवासयोः sahávāsayoḥ	सहवासेषु sahávāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सहवास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1194.