सीमन्

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /siː.mɐ́n/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪iː.mɐn̪/
• Hyphenation: सी‧मन्

सीमन् • (sīmán) n

1. parting of a hair
2. boundary

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: سُم‎ (sum)
  • Khowar: سمین‎ (siménu)
• Pali: sīmā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀫𑀸 (simā), 𑀲𑀺𑀫𑀆 (simaā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: સીમ (sīm), સિમાડો (simāḍo)
      • Hindustani: sī̃v, sī̃vā, sivānā
        • Hindi: सीँव, सीँवा, सिवाना
        • Urdu: سِیو‎, سِیوَا‎, سِوَانَا‎
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: सिमान (simān)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Western Pahari:
        • Jaunsari: सिअण
        • Kangri: सिन (sin)
  • Southern:
    • Helu:
      • Dhivehi: އިން‎ (in̊), ސިމެ‎ (sime)
      • Sinhalese: ඉම (ima), හිම (hima), සිම (sima)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: शींव (śīuva), शीव (śīv)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: sī̃, sīvā̃

          Gurmukhi script: ਸੀਂ, ਸੀਵਾਂ

          Shahmukhi script: سِیں‎, سِیوَاں‎

          • Lahnda: سِیں‎ (sī̃)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: sī̃a, sī̃

          Arabic script: سِينَ‎, سِين‎

          Devanagari script: सींअ, सीं

          • Jadgali: [script needed] (sīõ)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “siman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 775