सेक

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /seːk/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेक (séka).

Noun

सेक • (sek) m

  1. sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
    Synonyms: तराई (tarāī), सिंचाई (sĩcāī), आर्द्रण (ārdraṇ)
  2. pouring out, emission, effusion
  3. a libation, offering
    Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
  4. a drop of any liquid
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک)

  1. Alternative form of सेंक (sẽk, warming, heating, basking)
Declension

Verb

सेक • (sek)

  1. inflection of सेकना (seknā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

सेक m

  1. Devanagari script form of seka (sprinkling)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-os, from *seykʷ- (to moisten, filter) + *-os. Compare Ancient Greek ἰκμάς (ikmás), Old English sēon (to filter), Russian сцать (scatʹ, to piss). The Sanskrit root is सिच् (sic, to moisten, pour out, sprinkle).

Pronunciation

Noun

सेक • (séka) stem, m

  1. sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
  2. pouring out, emission, effusion
  3. a shower-bath
  4. Synonym of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká, libation, offering)
  5. a drop of any liquid

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सेक (séka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सेकः
sékaḥ
सेकौ / सेका¹
sékau / sékā¹
सेकाः / सेकासः¹
sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹
Vocative सेक
séka
सेकौ / सेका¹
sékau / sékā¹
सेकाः / सेकासः¹
sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹
Accusative सेकम्
sékam
सेकौ / सेका¹
sékau / sékā¹
सेकान्
sékān
Instrumental सेकेन
sékena
सेकाभ्याम्
sékābhyām
सेकैः / सेकेभिः¹
sékaiḥ / sékebhiḥ¹
Dative सेकाय
sékāya
सेकाभ्याम्
sékābhyām
सेकेभ्यः
sékebhyaḥ
Ablative सेकात्
sékāt
सेकाभ्याम्
sékābhyām
सेकेभ्यः
sékebhyaḥ
Genitive सेकस्य
sékasya
सेकयोः
sékayoḥ
सेकानाम्
sékānām
Locative सेके
séke
सेकयोः
sékayoḥ
सेकेषु
sékeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pali: seka
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀅 (sea)
  • Hindi: सेक (sek) (learned)

Further reading

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