सेविका

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā). Doublet of सेवँई (sevãī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /seː.ʋɪ.kɑː/, [seː.ʋɪ.käː]

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) f (masculine सेवक) (rare, formal)

1. a maid, female servant
2. Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)

Declension

Declension of सेविका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाएँ sevikāẽ
oblique	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाओं sevikāõ
vocative	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाओ sevikāo

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সেৱিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬾᬯᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• সেবিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သေဝိကာ (Burmese script)
• સેવિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਸੇਵਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦺꦮꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೇವಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• សេវិកា (Khmer script)
• ເສວິກາ (Lao script)
• സേവികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡝᠸᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠧᠸᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସେଵିକା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢾꢮꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සෙවිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸேவிகா (Tamil script)
• సేవికా (Telugu script)
• เสวิกา (Thai script)
• སེ་ཝི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐj.ʋi.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪eː.ʋi.kɑː/

Etymology 1

From the root सेव् (sev) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) stem, f (masculine सेवक, root सेव्)

1. a maid, female servant
2. Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सेविका (sevikā)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
vocative	सेविके (sevike)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
accusative	सेविकाम् (sevikām)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
instrumental	सेविकया (sevikayā) सेविका¹ (sevikā¹)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभिः (sevikābhiḥ)
dative	सेविकायै (sevikāyai)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
ablative	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
genitive	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकानाम् (sevikānām)
locative	सेविकायाम् (sevikāyām)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकासु (sevikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯der.

Sanskrit समिता (samitā)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā)der.

Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā)

Sanskritization of late Prakrit *सेविआ (seviā) or one of its New Indo-Aryan descendants, ultimately form Sanskrit समिता (samitā), शमिता (śamitā).

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) stem, f (Later Sanskrit)

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

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सेविका (sevikā)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
vocative	सेविके (sevike)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
accusative	सेविकाम् (sevikām)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
instrumental	सेविकया (sevikayā) सेविका¹ (sevikā¹)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभिः (sevikābhiḥ)
dative	सेविकायै (sevikāyai)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
ablative	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
genitive	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकानाम् (sevikānām)
locative	सेविकायाम् (sevikāyām)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकासु (sevikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सेविका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.