सेवि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • सेव (seva), सेवित (sevita)

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian; compare Persian سیب (sib, apple).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

सेवि • (sevi) stem, n

  1. the jujube (fruit of Ziziphus jujuba)
  2. an apple

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of सेवि (sevi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सेवि
sevi
सेविनी
sevinī
सेवीनि / सेवि¹ / सेवी¹
sevīni / sevi¹ / sevī¹
Vocative सेवि / सेवे
sevi / seve
सेविनी
sevinī
सेवीनि / सेवि¹ / सेवी¹
sevīni / sevi¹ / sevī¹
Accusative सेवि
sevi
सेविनी
sevinī
सेवीनि / सेवि¹ / सेवी¹
sevīni / sevi¹ / sevī¹
Instrumental सेविना / सेव्या¹
sevinā / sevyā¹
सेविभ्याम्
sevibhyām
सेविभिः
sevibhiḥ
Dative सेविने / सेवये¹
sevine / sevaye¹
सेविभ्याम्
sevibhyām
सेविभ्यः
sevibhyaḥ
Ablative सेविनः / सेवेः¹
sevinaḥ / seveḥ¹
सेविभ्याम्
sevibhyām
सेविभ्यः
sevibhyaḥ
Genitive सेविनः / सेवेः¹
sevinaḥ / seveḥ¹
सेविनोः
sevinoḥ
सेवीनाम्
sevīnām
Locative सेविनि / सेवौ¹ / सेवा¹
sevini / sevau¹ / sevā¹
सेविनोः
sevinoḥ
सेविषु
seviṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Bhojpuri: सेव (sēv)
  • Bengali: সেব (Seb)
  • Hindi: सेब (seb)
  • Marathi:
  • Nepali: स्याउ (syāu), सेउ (seu), स्यौ (syau)
    • Newar:
      Devanagari script: स्याउ (syāu)
      Newa script: 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐄 (syāu)
  • Odia: ଶେଓ (śeo)
  • Punjabi: ਸੇ (se), ਸੇਉ (seu), ਸੇਬ (seb), ਸੇਵ (sev), ਸਿਓ (sio)
  • Malayalam: സേവി (sēvi), സേവം (sēvaṁ)

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sēvi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 520
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