सहवास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहवास (sahávāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɦ.ʋɑːs/, [sɛʱ.ʋäːs]

Noun

सहवास • (sahvās) m (Urdu spelling سہواس)

1. coresidence, cohabitation
2. sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of सहवास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सहवास sahvās	सहवास sahvās
oblique	सहवास sahvās	सहवासों sahvāsõ
vocative	सहवास sahvās	सहवासो sahvāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सहवास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “सहवास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहवास (sahávāsa). First attested as Old Marathi साहावास (sāhāvāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səɦ.ʋas/, [sə.ʋas]

Noun

सहवास • (sahvās) m

1. coresidence
2. companionship

   Synonyms: सोबत (sobat), साहचर्य (sāhcarya)

3. intimacy

   Synonyms: जवळीक (javḷīk), घरोबा (gharobā)

Declension

Declension of सहवास (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	सहवास sahávāsa
direct plural	सहवास sahávāsa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सहवास sahávāsa		सहवास sahávāsa
oblique सामान्यरूप	सहवासा sahávāsaā		सहवासां- sahávāsaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सहवासाला sahávāsaālā		सहवासांना sahávāsaānnā
ergative	सहवासाने, सहवासानं sahávāsaāne, sahávāsaāna		सहवासांनी sahávāsaānnī
instrumental	सहवासाशी sahávāsaāśī		सहवासांशी sahávāsaānśī
locative सप्तमी	सहवासात sahávāsaāt		सहवासांत sahávāsaāt
vocative संबोधन	सहवासा sahávāsaā		सहवासांनो sahávāsaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of सहवास (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सहवासाचा sahávāsaāċā	सहवासाचे sahávāsaāċe	सहवासाची sahávāsaācī	सहवासाच्या sahávāsaācā	सहवासाचे, सहवासाचं sahávāsaāċe, sahávāsaāċa	सहवासाची sahávāsaācī	सहवासाच्या sahávāsaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सहवासांचा sahávāsaānċā	सहवासांचे sahávāsaānċe	सहवासांची sahávāsaāñcī	सहवासांच्या sahávāsaāncā	सहवासांचे, सहवासांचं sahávāsaānċe, sahávāsaānċa	सहवासांची sahávāsaāñcī	सहवासांच्या sahávāsaāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सहवास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “सहवास”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “साहावास”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সহৱাস (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬳᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• সহবাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰮𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀳𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• သဟဝါသ (Burmese script)
• સહવાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਹਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌹𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦲꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂯𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಹವಾಸ (Kannada script)
• សហវាស (Khmer script)
• ສຫວາສ (Lao script)
• സഹവാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘮𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠾᠠᠸᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧎𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐴𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ସହଵାସ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢲꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆲𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖮𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• සහවාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪂𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚩𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஸஹவாஸ (Tamil script)
• సహవాస (Telugu script)
• สหวาส (Thai script)
• ས་ཧ་ཝཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒯𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨱𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सह (sahá, “together”) +‎ वास (vāsa, “dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɦɐ́.ʋɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.ɦɐ.ʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

स॒हवा॑स • (sahávāsa) stem, m

1. dwelling together, common abode

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स॒हवा॑स

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स॒हवा॑सः (sahávāsaḥ)	स॒हवा॑सौ (sahávāsau) स॒हवा॑सा¹ (sahávāsā¹)	स॒हवा॑साः (sahávāsāḥ) स॒हवा॑सासः¹ (sahávāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	स॒हवा॑सम् (sahávāsam)	स॒हवा॑सौ (sahávāsau) स॒हवा॑सा¹ (sahávāsā¹)	स॒हवा॑सान् (sahávāsān)
instrumental	स॒हवा॑सेन (sahávāsena)	स॒हवा॑साभ्याम् (sahávāsābhyām)	स॒हवा॑सैः (sahávāsaiḥ) स॒हवा॑सेभिः¹ (sahávāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	स॒हवा॑साय (sahávāsāya)	स॒हवा॑साभ्याम् (sahávāsābhyām)	स॒हवा॑सेभ्यः (sahávāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	स॒हवा॑सात् (sahávāsāt)	स॒हवा॑साभ्याम् (sahávāsābhyām)	स॒हवा॑सेभ्यः (sahávāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	स॒हवा॑सस्य (sahávāsasya)	स॒हवा॑सयोः (sahávāsayoḥ)	स॒हवा॑सानाम् (sahávāsānām)
locative	स॒हवा॑से (sahávāse)	स॒हवा॑सयोः (sahávāsayoḥ)	स॒हवा॑सेषु (sahávāseṣu)
vocative	सह॑वास (sáhavāsa)	सह॑वासौ (sáhavāsau) सह॑वासा¹ (sáhavāsā¹)	सह॑वासाः (sáhavāsāḥ) सह॑वासासः¹ (sáhavāsāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (learned)
  • Hindi: सहवास (sahvās)
  • Urdu: سہواس (sahvās)
• → Marathi: सहवास (sahvās) (learned)
• → Tamil: சகவாசம் (cakavācam) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सहवास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1194.