सेना

See also: सन, सुन, सानो, सीना, सूनु, सोना, and सोने

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेना (sénā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seː.nɑː/

Noun

सेना • (senā) f (Urdu spelling سینا‎)

1. army, military, body of troops

   शत्रु ने दोनों सेनाओं को हरा दिया।

   śatru ne donõ senāon ko harā diyā.

   The enemy defeated both the armies.

   Synonym: फ़ौज (fauj)

Synonyms

• फ़ौज (fauj)

Derived terms

• सेनापति (senāpti)
• सैनिक (sainik)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सेना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेना (sénā).

Noun

सेना • (senā) f

1. army

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáynaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynaH. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁‎ (haēnā, “hostile army”), Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎴𐎠 (hainā, “hostile army”).

According to native grammarians, the sense "missile" is from the root सि (√si, “to hurl, cast”). Compare सायक (sā́yaka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ́j.n̪ɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪eː.n̪ɑː/

Noun

सेना • (sénā) f (Vedic sáinā)

1. an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; at the end of a compound also सेन (sena)) (RV. etc.)
2. missile, dart, spear (RV., AV.)
3. name of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified) (TS., AitBr., Vait.)
4. a small army (consisting of 3 elephants, 3 chariots, 9 horse, and 15 foot) (L.)
5. any drilled troop or band or body of men (Bālar.)
6. a kind of title or addition to the names of persons (also names of courtezans) (Sāh.; compare Pāṇ. 4-1, 152 etc.)
7. name of a courtezan (abridged from कुबेरसेना (kubera-senā)) (HPariś.)
8. name of the mother of शम्भव (śambhava) (the third arhat of the present avasarpiṇī) (L.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेना (sénā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सेना sénā	सेने séne	सेनाः sénāḥ
Vocative	सेने séne	सेने séne	सेनाः sénāḥ
Accusative	सेनाम् sénām	सेने séne	सेनाः sénāḥ
Instrumental	सेनया / सेना¹ sénayā / sénā¹	सेनाभ्याम् sénābhyām	सेनाभिः sénābhiḥ
Dative	सेनायै sénāyai	सेनाभ्याम् sénābhyām	सेनाभ्यः sénābhyaḥ
Ablative	सेनायाः sénāyāḥ	सेनाभ्याम् sénābhyām	सेनाभ्यः sénābhyaḥ
Genitive	सेनायाः sénāyāḥ	सेनयोः sénayoḥ	सेनानाम् sénānām
Locative	सेनायाम् sénāyām	सेनयोः sénayoḥ	सेनासु sénāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सेना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1246.