सेना
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Sanskrit सेना (senā).
Noun[edit]
सेना • (senā) f (Urdu spelling سینا)
Synonyms[edit]
- फ़ौज (fauj)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सेना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
Marathi[edit]
Noun[edit]
सेना • (senā) f
Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynā. 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
सेना • (sénā) f
- an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; at the end of a compound also सेन (sena)) (RV. etc.)
- missile, dart, spear (RV., AV.)
- name of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified) (TS., AitBr., Vait.)
- a small army (consisting of 3 elephants, 3 chariots, 9 horse, and 15 foot) (L.)
- any drilled troop or band or body of men (Bālar.)
- a kind of title or addition to the names of persons (also names of courtezans) (Sāh.; compare Pāṇ. 4-1, 152 etc.)
- name of a courtezan (abridged from कुबेरसेना (kubera-senā)) (HPariś.)
- name of the mother of शम्भव (śambhava) (the third arhat of the present avasarpiṇī) (L.)
Declension[edit]
Feminine ā-stem declension of सेना | |||
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Nom. sg. | सेना (senā) | ||
Gen. sg. | सेनायाः (senāyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सेना (senā) | सेने (sene) | सेनाः (senāḥ) |
Vocative | सेने (sene) | सेने (sene) | सेनाः (senāḥ) |
Accusative | सेनाम् (senām) | सेने (sene) | सेनाः (senāḥ) |
Instrumental | सेनया (senayā) | सेनाभ्याम् (senābhyām) | सेनाभिः (senābhiḥ) |
Dative | सेनायै (senāyai) | सेनाभ्याम् (senābhyām) | सेनाभ्यः (senābhyaḥ) |
Ablative | सेनायाः (senāyāḥ) | सेनाभ्याम् (senābhyām) | सेनाभ्यः (senābhyaḥ) |
Genitive | सेनायाः (senāyāḥ) | सेनयोः (senayoḥ) | सेनानाम् (senānām) |
Locative | सेनायाम् (senāyām) | सेनयोः (senayoḥ) | सेनासु (senāsu) |
References[edit]
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1246
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