सेविका

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सेविका • (sevikā) f (masculine 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

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

Declension of सेविका (fem ā-stem)

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)

Etymology

Derived from the root सेव् (sev) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सेविका (sevikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सेविका sevikā	सेविके sevike	सेविकाः sevikāḥ
Vocative	सेविके sevike	सेविके sevike	सेविकाः sevikāḥ
Accusative	सेविकाम् sevikām	सेविके sevike	सेविकाः sevikāḥ
Instrumental	सेविकया / सेविका¹ sevikayā / sevikā¹	सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām	सेविकाभिः sevikābhiḥ
Dative	सेविकायै sevikāyai	सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām	सेविकाभ्यः sevikābhyaḥ
Ablative	सेविकायाः / सेविकायै² sevikāyāḥ / sevikāyai²	सेविकाभ्याम् sevikābhyām	सेविकाभ्यः sevikābhyaḥ
Genitive	सेविकायाः / सेविकायै² sevikāyāḥ / sevikāyai²	सेविकयोः sevikayoḥ	सेविकानाम् sevikānām
Locative	सेविकायाम् sevikāyām	सेविकयोः sevikayoḥ	सेविकासु sevikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀸 (*seviṃgā)
  • Hindi: सेवँई (sevãī)
• → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)

References

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