सेम

Hindi

Etymology

From Shauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit शैम्ब्य (śaimbya, “of or pertaining to legumes”), from शिम्ब (śimba). See also छीमी (chīmī, “pod, legume”).

Noun

सेम • (sem) f

  1. bean (plant and pod)
    • Bible Ezekiel 4:9:
      तू गेहूं, जव, सेम, मसूर, बाजरा, और कठिया गेहूं ले कर, एक बासन में रख कर उन से रोटी बनाया करना
      tū gehū̃, jav, sem, masūr, bājrā, aur kaṭhiyā gehū̃ le kar, ek bāsan mẽ rakh kar un se roṭī banāyā karnā
      Take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and oats, put them in a pot and make bread with them

Declension
Declension of सेम (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सेम
sem		 सेमें
semẽ
oblique सेम
sem		 सेमों
semõ
vocative सेम
sem		 सेमो
semo

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śimba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • sema (Latin script)
  • 𑀲𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • সেম (Bengali script)
  • සෙම (Sinhalese script)
  • သေမ (Burmese script)
  • เสม or เสมะ (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩮᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເສມ or ເສມະ (Lao script)
  • សេម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄬𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

सेम

  1. Devanagari script form of sema, which is first-person plural present/imperative active of सेति (seti, “to sleep”)
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