सेक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /seːk/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेक (séka).

Noun

सेक • (sek) m

1. sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with

   Synonyms: तराई (tarāī), सिंचाई (sĩcāī), आर्द्रण (ārdraṇ)

2. pouring out, emission, effusion
3. a libation, offering

   Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)

4. a drop of any liquid

Declension

Declension of सेक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेक sek	सेक sek
oblique	सेक sek	सेकों sekõ
vocative	सेक sek	सेको seko

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک)

1. Alternative form of सेंक (sẽk, “warming, heating, basking”)

Declension

Declension of सेक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेक sek	सेकें sekẽ
oblique	सेक sek	सेकों sekõ
vocative	सेक sek	सेको seko

Verb

सेक • (sek)

1. inflection of सेकना (seknā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Further reading

• 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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• seka (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• সেক (Bengali script)
• සෙක (Sinhalese script)
• သေက or သေၵ (Burmese script)
• เสก or เสกะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສກ or ເສກະ (Lao script)
• សេក (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

सेक m

1. Devanagari script form of seka (“sprinkling”)

Declension

Declension table of "सेक" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

Alternative scripts

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

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́j.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪eː.kɐ/

Noun

सेक • (séka) stem, m

1. sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
2. pouring out, emission, effusion
3. a shower-bath
4. Synonym of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká, “libation, offering”)
5. a drop of any liquid

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सेक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सेकः (sékaḥ)	सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹)	सेकाः (sékāḥ) सेकासः¹ (sékāsaḥ¹)
vocative	सेक (séka)	सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹)	सेकाः (sékāḥ) सेकासः¹ (sékāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सेकम् (sékam)	सेकौ (sékau) सेका¹ (sékā¹)	सेकान् (sékān)
instrumental	सेकेन (sékena)	सेकाभ्याम् (sékābhyām)	सेकैः (sékaiḥ) सेकेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अभिषेक (abhiṣeka)

Descendants

• Pali: seka
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀅 (sea)
• → Hindi: सेक (sek) (learned)

Further reading

• 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