As a deity name
Name 969 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
सेवा · noun · feminine
दूसरे को आराम पहुँचाने की क्रिया । खिदमत । टहल । परिचर्या । जैसे—हमारी बीमारी में इसने बड़ी सेवा की · दूसरे का काम करना । नौकरी । चाकरी · आराधना । उपासना । पूजा । जैसे—ठाकुर जी की सेवा — Śabdasāgara
सेवा · sevā · s.f.
Service, servitude, tending, attendance (on, -kī); employment, situation, office, post, province; honouring, adoration, worship, homage; piety — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 714
सेवा · sewā · prep.
corr. of siwā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 714
सेवा · feminine
service, care; service, facility
Cited formation "सेवा" is सेव + -आ: सेव means "synonym of सेवँई (sevãī, “sevai; type of wheat noodle”)", 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
Cited formation "सेवा" is सेवना + -आ: सेवना means "To attend on, serve", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सेवा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सेवा (sevā). The use as in bus service is a semantic loan from English service.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sevā f. going or resorting to, visiting, frequenting, Cāṇ.; Subh.
service, attendance on (loc. gen., or comp.; sevāṃ-√ kṛ, with gen., ‘to be in the service of’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
going or resorting to, visiting, frequenting
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sevā" is the feminine form of "seva" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
sevā f. going or resorting to, visiting, frequenting, Cāṇ.; Subh.
service, attendance on (loc. gen., or comp.; sevāṃ-√ kṛ, with gen., ‘to be in the service of’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
worship, homage, reverence, devotion to (gen. or comp.), ib.
sexual intercourse with (comp.), Hit.; Subh.
addiction to, indulgence in, practice or employment or frequent enjoyment of (comp.), Nir.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
seva n. (either fr. √ sev or siv) g. pacādi = 1. sevi, an apple, L.
seva See sevana.
Alternative readings
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