As a Hindi name
सीमा · noun · feminine
माँग · किसी प्रदेश या वस्तु के विस्तार का अंतिम स्थान । हद । सरहद । मर्यादा · आचरण व्यवहार आदि की शिष्टता । मर्यादा — Śabdasāgara
सीमा · noun · feminine
माँग · किसी प्रदेश या वस्तु के विस्तार का अंतिम स्थान । हद । सरहद । मर्यादा · आचरण व्यवहार आदि की शिष्टता । मर्यादा — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ सीमा
सीमा · sīmā · s.f.
Extremity, limit, term, restriction, boundary, confines, border, skirt; landmark — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 712
सीमा · feminine
a female given name, Seema, from Sanskrit
सीमा · feminine
limit; border, frontier; limit
Cited formation "सीमा" is सीम + -आ: सीम means "सीमा । हद । पराकाष्ठा । सर- हद । मर्यादा", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सीमा" is सीम + -आ: सीम means "सीमा । हद । पराकाष्ठा । सर- हद । मर्यादा", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सीमा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. sīmā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) parting of the hair (see susīma)
a boundary, landmark, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
parting of the hair (see susīma)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sīmā" is the nominative of "sīman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. sīmā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) parting of the hair (see susīma)
a boundary, landmark, Mn.; MBh. &c.
rule of morality (see comp.).
2. sīmā f. pl. = simā, ŚBr., Sch.
sīmā 1 Boundary, limit, border, margin, frontier. 2 A mound or ridge serving to mark the boundary of a field, village &c.; sīmāṃ prati samutpanne vivāde Ms. 8. 245; Y. 2. 152. 3 A mark, land-mark. 4 A bank, shore, coast. 5 The horizon. 6 A suture (as of a skull). 7 The bounds of morality or decorum, (pb) limits of propriety. 8 The highest or utmost limit, highest point, climax; sīmeva padmāsanakauśalastha Bk. 1. 6. 9 A field. 10 The nape of the neck. 11 The scrotum. Comp. — adhipaḥ a neighbouring prince. — aṃtaḥ 1 a boundary-line, border, frontier-line. 2 the utmost limit. ˚pūjanaṃ 1 the ceremony of worshipping or honouring a village-boundary. 2 worshipping the bridegroom when he arrives at the village-boundary. — ullaṃghanaṃ transgressing or leaping over a boundary, crossing a frontier (now performed on the Daśarā day). — niścayaḥ a legal decision with respect to land-marks or boundaries. — liṃgaṃ a boundary-mark, land-mark. — vādaḥ a dispute about boundaries. — vinirṇayaḥ settlement of disputed boundary-questions. — vivādaḥ litigation about boundaries. ˚dharmaḥ the law regarding disputes about boundaries. — vṛkṣaḥ a tree serving as a boundary-mark. — saṃdhiḥ the meeting of two boundaries.
sīman m. (see 2. sī and sītā) a separation or parting of the hair so as to leave a line, AV.; Br.; AitUp.
a suture of the skull, L.
Alternative readings
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