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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕeː.ʋɐ/

Adjective

शेव • (śéva) stem

1. dear, precious

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शेव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शेवः (śévaḥ)	शेवौ (śévau) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)	शेवाः (śévāḥ) शेवासः¹ (śévāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शेव (śéva)	शेवौ (śévau) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)	शेवाः (śévāḥ) शेवासः¹ (śévāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शेवम् (śévam)	शेवौ (śévau) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)	शेवान् (śévān)
instrumental	शेवेन (śévena)	शेवाभ्याम् (śévābhyām)	शेवैः (śévaiḥ) शेवेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of शेवा

	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 (śévayā) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)	शेवाभ्याम् (śévābhyām)	शेवाभिः (śévābhiḥ)
dative	शेवायै (śévāyai)	शेवाभ्याम् (śévābhyām)	शेवाभ्यः (śévābhyaḥ)
ablative	शेवायाः (śévāyāḥ) शेवायै² (śévāyai²)	शेवाभ्याम् (śévābhyām)	शेवाभ्यः (śévābhyaḥ)
genitive	शेवायाः (śévāyāḥ) शेवायै² (śévāyai²)	शेवयोः (śévayoḥ)	शेवानाम् (śévānām)
locative	शेवायाम् (śévāyām)	शेवयोः (śévayoḥ)	शेवासु (śévāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of शेव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शेवम् (śévam)	शेवे (śéve)	शेवानि (śévāni) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)
vocative	शेव (śéva)	शेवे (śéve)	शेवानि (śévāni) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)
accusative	शेवम् (śévam)	शेवे (śéve)	शेवानि (śévāni) शेवा¹ (śévā¹)
instrumental	शेवेन (śévena)	शेवाभ्याम् (śévābhyām)	शेवैः (śévaiḥ) शेवेभिः¹ (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)

• 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.