सेना

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit सेना (senā).

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.

   Synonyms: 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

Noun

सेना • (senā) f

1. army

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪eː.n̪ɑː/

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

Noun

सेना • (sénā) f

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
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

• 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