સેવાળ

Gujarati

સેવાળ

Alternative forms

• શેવાળ (śevāḷ)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀮 (sevāla), from Sanskrit शेवाल (śḗvāla). Cognate with Assamese শেলাই (xelai), Bengali শেওলা (śeōla), and Marathi शेवाळ (śevāḷ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ʋɑɭ/
• Rhymes: -ɑɭ
• Hyphenation: સે‧વાળ

Noun

સેવાળ • (sevāḷ) m

1. (bryology) moss

   Synonym: લીલ (līl)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śī́pāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 724