سیوا

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā).

Noun

سیوا • (sevā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੇਵਾ)

  1. service, care
    Synonyms: خِدْمَت‎ (xidmat), ٹَہَل‎ (ṭahal)
  2. (rare) worship, devotion, homage
    Synonyms: عِبادَت‎ (ʻibādat), پُوجا پاٹ‎ (pūjā pāṭ)
  3. employment, job, duty
    Synonyms: مُلازْمَت‎ (mulāzmat), نوکری‎ (nokrī)
Declension
Declension of سیوا‎
dir. sg. سیوا‎ (sevā)
dir. pl. سیواواں‎ (sevāvāṉ)
singular plural
direct سیوا‎ (sevā) سیواواں‎ (sevāvāṉ)
oblique سیوا‎ (sevā) سیواواں‎ (sevāvāṉ)
vocative سیوائے‎ (sevā'e) سیواؤ‎ (sevā'o)
ablative سیواؤں‎ (sevā'oṉ) —
locative — سیواوائِیں‎ (sevāvā'īṉ)
instrumental — —

Etymology 2

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Noun

سیوا • (sevā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੇਵਾ)

  1. broody
Declension
Declension of سیوا‎
dir. sg. سیوا‎ (sevā)
dir. pl. سیوے‎ (seve)
singular plural
direct سیوا‎ (sevā) سیوے‎ (seve)
oblique سیوے‎ (seve) سیوِیاں‎
vocative سیوِیا‎ سیوِیو‎ (seviyo)
ablative سیوِیوں‎ (seviyoṉ) —
locative سیوے‎ (seve) —
instrumental سیوے‎ (seve) —

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سیوا‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “سیوا‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
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