सेवि
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Iranian; compare Persian سیب (sib, “apple”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]सेवि • (sevi) stem, n
- the jujube (fruit of Ziziphus jujuba)
- an apple
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सेवि (sevi) | सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
| vocative | सेवि (sevi) सेवे (seve) |
सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
| accusative | सेवि (sevi) | सेविनी (sevinī) | सेवीनि (sevīni) सेवि¹ (sevi¹) सेवी¹ (sevī¹) |
| instrumental | सेविना (sevinā) सेव्या¹ (sevyā¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभिः (sevibhiḥ) |
| dative | सेविने (sevine) सेवये¹ (sevaye¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभ्यः (sevibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सेविनः (sevinaḥ) सेवेः¹ (seveḥ¹) |
सेविभ्याम् (sevibhyām) | सेविभ्यः (sevibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सेविनः (sevinaḥ) सेवेः¹ (seveḥ¹) |
सेविनोः (sevinoḥ) | सेवीनाम् (sevīnām) |
| locative | सेविनि (sevini) सेवौ¹ (sevau¹) सेवा¹ (sevā¹) |
सेविनोः (sevinoḥ) | सेविषु (seviṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Bhojpuri: सेव (sēv)
- Marathi:
- Nepali: स्याउ (syāu), सेउ (seu), स्यौ (syau)
- Odia: ଶେଓ (śeo)
- Punjabi: ਸੇ (se), ਸੇਉ (seu), ਸੇਬ (seb), ਸੇਵ (sev), ਸਿਓ (sio)
- Malayalam: സേവി (sēvi), സേവം (sēvaṁ)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “सेवि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247/2.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sēvi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 520