सेवँई

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सेंवई (sẽvaī), सेंमई (sẽmaī), सेमँई (semãī), सेमई (semaī), सेवई (sevaī)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /seː.ʋə̃.iː/, [seː.ʋɐ̃.iː]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Sanskrit समिता (samitā)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā)

Hindi सेवँई (sevãī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀅 (samia, “kind of food”), 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā, “wheat flour”), from Sanskrit शमिता (śamitā, “rice powder”), समिता (samitā, “wheat flour”). Compare the later Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā, “sevai”).

Doublet of सेविका (sevikā).

Noun

सेवँई • (sevãī) f (Urdu spelling سیوئیں)

1. sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)

Declension

Declension of सेवँई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयाँ sevãiyā̃
oblique	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयों sevãiyõ
vocative	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयो sevãiyo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀫 (sāma)

Hindi सेवँई (sevãī)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀫 (sāma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma). Doublet of श्याम (śyām).

Noun

सेवँई • (sevãī) f (Urdu spelling سیوئیں)

1. a kind of a fragrant grass

Declension

Declension of सेवँई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयाँ sevãiyā̃
oblique	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयों sevãiyõ
vocative	सेवँई sevãī	सेवँइयो sevãiyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सेवँई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सेवँई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha