सेविका

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेविका (sevikā). Doublet of सेवँई (sevãī) and सेव (sev).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /seː.ʋɪ.kɑː/, [seː.ʋɪ.käː]

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) f (male equivalent सेवक) (rare, formal)

1. a maid, female servant
2. Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)

Declension

Declension of सेविका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाएँ sevikāẽ
oblique	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाओं sevikāõ
vocative	सेविका sevikā	सेविकाओ sevikāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सेविका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सेविका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সেৱিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬾᬯᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• সেবিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သေဝိကာ (Burmese script)
• સેવિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਸੇਵਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦺꦮꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೇವಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• សេវិកា (Khmer script)
• ເສວິກາ (Lao script)
• സേവികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡝᠸᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠧᠸᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସେଵିକା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢾꢮꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සෙවිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸேவிகா (Tamil script)
• సేవికా (Telugu script)
• เสวิกา (Thai script)
• སེ་ཝི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐj.ʋi.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪eː.ʋi.kɑː/

Etymology 1

From the root सेव् (sev) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) stem, f (masculine सेवक, root सेव्)

1. a maid, female servant

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सेविका (sevikā)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
accusative	सेविकाम् (sevikām)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
instrumental	सेविकया (sevikayā) सेविका¹ (sevikā¹)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभिः (sevikābhiḥ)
dative	सेविकायै (sevikāyai)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
ablative	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
genitive	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकानाम् (sevikānām)
locative	सेविकायाम् (sevikāyām)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकासु (sevikāsu)
vocative	सेविके (sevike)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಸೇವಿಕೆ (sēvike) (learned)
• → Odia: ସେବିକା (sebikā) (learned)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯der.

Sanskrit समिता (samitā)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā)der.

Sanskrit सेविका

Sanskritization of late Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā) or one of its New Indo-Aryan descendants, ultimately from Sanskrit समिता (samitā), शमिता (śamitā) and समीदा (samīdā), which in turn itself were borrowed from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) stem, f (Later Sanskrit)

1. Sevai (a kind of vermicelli made of wheat-flour and boiled in milk and sugar)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सेविका (sevikā)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
accusative	सेविकाम् (sevikām)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)
instrumental	सेविकया (sevikayā) सेविका¹ (sevikā¹)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभिः (sevikābhiḥ)
dative	सेविकायै (sevikāyai)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
ablative	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकाभ्याम् (sevikābhyām)	सेविकाभ्यः (sevikābhyaḥ)
genitive	सेविकायाः (sevikāyāḥ) सेविकायै² (sevikāyai²)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकानाम् (sevikānām)
locative	सेविकायाम् (sevikāyām)	सेविकयोः (sevikayoḥ)	सेविकासु (sevikāsu)
vocative	सेविके (sevike)	सेविके (sevike)	सेविकाः (sevikāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಸೇವಿಕೆ (sēvike) (learned)
• → Odia: ସେବିକା (sebikā) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सेविका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.