स्व-

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्व- (sva-), from स्व (sva, “its own”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sʋə/, [sʋɐ]

Prefix

स्व- • (sva-)

1. self-, auto-

   ‎चालित (cālit, “driven”) + ‎स्व- (sva-) → ‎स्वचालित (svacālit, “automatic”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with स्व-

References

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