शैवाल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शेवाल (śevāl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शैवाल (śaivāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɛː.ʋɑːl/, [ʃɛː.ʋäːl]

Noun

शैवाल • (śaivāl) m

1. the plant Blyxa octandra

   Synonyms: सेवार (sevār), सिवार (sivār)

2. (by extension) alga, algae

Declension

Declension of शैवाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शैवाल śaivāl	शैवाल śaivāl
oblique	शैवाल śaivāl	शैवालों śaivālõ
vocative	शैवाल śaivāl	शैवालो śaivālo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शैवाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 955