सेवि

See also: सिव् and सेवा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • सेव (seva), सेवित (sevita)

Etymology

Could be a borrowing from Iranian,[1] from Proto-Iranian *cáywaH.

Pronunciation

Noun

सेवि • (sevi) n

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

Descendants
  • Bhojpuri: सेव (sēv)
  • Marathi:
  • Nepali: स्याउ (syāu), सेउ (seu), स्यौ (syau)
    • → Newar:
      Devanagari: स्याउ (syāu)
      Newa: 𑐳𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐄 (syāu)
  • Oriya: ଶେଓ (śeo)
  • Punjabi: ਸੇ (se), ਸੇਉ (seu), ਸੇਵ (sev), ਸਿਓ (sio)

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