सेव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬲᬾᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • সেৱ্ (Assamese script)
  • সেব্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • સેવ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸੇਵੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦱꦺꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • សេវ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಸೇವ್ (Kannada script)
  • ເສວ຺ (Lao script)
  • സേവ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᠧᠸ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠰᡝᠸ (Manchu script)
  • သေဝ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ସେଵ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢱꢾꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • සේව් (Sinhalese script)
  • సేవ్ (Telugu script)
  • เสวฺ (Thai script)
  • སེ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

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”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “सेव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.
  • 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
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “सेव्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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