सेवक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवक (sevaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /seː.ʋək/, [seː.ʋɐk]

Noun

सेवक • (sevak) m (feminine सेविका, Urdu spelling سوک)

1. a servant, a menial

   Synonyms: नौकर (naukar), सर्वेंट (sarvẽṭ)

   मैंने सेवक को आज्ञा दी कि तुम नगर से घोड़े को लाकर घर में रस्सी से बांधो।

   ma͠ine sevak ko ājñā dī ki tum nagar se ghoṛe ko lākar ghar mẽ rassī se bāndho.

   I commanded the servant to bring the horse from the city and fasten it by rope to the house.

2. a retainer (person)

Declension

Declension of सेवक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेवक sevak	सेवक sevak
oblique	सेवक sevak	सेवकों sevakõ
vocative	सेवक sevak	सेवको sevako

See also

• English sewadar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সেৱক (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬾᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
• সেবক (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰸𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• သေဝက (Burmese script)
• સેવક (Gujarati script)
• ਸੇਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦺꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂵𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೇವಕ (Kannada script)
• សេវក (Khmer script)
• ເສວກ (Lao script)
• സേവക (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡝᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘹𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠧᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧚𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐾𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
• ସେଵକ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢾꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆼𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖸𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
• සෙවක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩔𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚲𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஸேவக (Tamil script)
• సేవక (Telugu script)
• เสวก (Thai script)
• སེ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒹𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨄𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सेव् (sev, “to remain, stay, serve or worship”).

Noun

सेवक • (sevaka) stem, ?

1. a servant

   सेवकोत्तम ― sevakottama ― The best of servants (सेवक + उत्तम (uttama))

2. an employee

   अचिरस्थायिनी सेवकी ― acirasthāyinī sevakī ― A temporary employee

3. a follower, a worshipper

References

• "Hindi Grammar" by Edwin Greaves. Allahabad Indian Press Ltd, 1921
• Monier Williams (1899) “सेवक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1247.