سیوا

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Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā).

Noun

سیوا (transliteration neededf (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
dir. pl. سیواواں
singular plural
direct سیوا سیواواں
oblique سیوا سیواواں
vocative سیوائے سیواؤ
ablative سیواؤں سیواواں
locative سیواوائِیں
instrumental

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

سیوا (transliteration neededm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੇਵਾ)

  1. broody
Declension
Declension of سیوا
dir. sg. سیوا
dir. pl. سیوے (seyoe)
singular plural
direct سیوا سیوے (seyoe)
oblique سیوے (seyoe) سیویْاں (seyoyāṉ)
vocative سیویْا (seyoyā) سیویو (seyoyv)
ablative سیویوں (seyoeyoṉ) سیویْاں (seyoyāṉ)
locative سیوِیں (seyoiīṉ)
instrumental سیوے (seyoe)

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