सेव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সেৱ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬾᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সেব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သေဝ် (Burmese script)
• સેવ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੇਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦺꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೇವ್ (Kannada script)
• សេវ៑ (Khmer script)
• ເສວ຺ (Lao script)
• സേവ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡝᠸ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସେଵ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢾꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සෙව් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩔𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸேவ் (Tamil script)
• సేవ్ (Telugu script)
• เสวฺ (Thai script)
• སེ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from सेप्- (sep-), the perfect stem of the root सप् (sap, “to follow or seek after, honor, serve”); however, this presents formal difficulties. Other theories connect the root to Proto-Iranian *haiva- or Proto-Germanic *sainijaną, whence Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sainjan, “to tarry”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐjʋ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪eːʋ/

Root

सेव् • (sev)

1. to dwell or stay near or in
2. to remain or stay at, live in, frequent, inhabit
3. to serve, wait or attend upon
4. to honor, obey

Derived terms

• सेवा (sevā, “resorting to, attending to; service”)
• सेवते (sevate)
• सेवति (sevati)
• सिषेवे (siṣeve)
• सेविता (sevitā)
• सेविष्यते (seviṣyate)
• सेविष्यति (seviṣyati)
• असिषेवत् (asiṣevat)
• असेविष्ट (aseviṣṭa)
• सेवितुम् (sevitum)
• सेवित्वा (sevitvā)
• सेव्यते (sevyate)
• सेवयति (sevayati)
• असिषेवत् (asiṣevat)
• सिसेवयिषु (sisevayiṣu)
• सिसेविषते (siseviṣate)
• सिसेविषति (siseviṣati)
• सेषेव्यते (seṣevyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सेव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 190
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सेव्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 747
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सेव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press