The Sanskrit term Śev can be transliterated into English as Sev or Shev, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śev (शेव्).—1 Ā. To worship; see सेव् (sev).

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Sev (सेव्).—1 Ā. (sevate, sevita; caus. sevayati-te; desid. siseviṣate; the s of sev is generally changed to ṣ after prepositions ending in i such as ni, pari, vi)

1) To serve, wait or attend upon, honour, worship, obey; प्रायो भृत्यास्त्यजन्ति प्रचलितविभवं स्वामिनं सेवमानाः (prāyo bhṛtyāstyajanti pracalitavibhavaṃ svāminaṃ sevamānāḥ) Mu.4.21; आचार- पूतं पवनः सिषेवे (ācāra- pūtaṃ pavanaḥ siṣeve) R.2.13. 'served or refreshed'; ऐश्वर्यादन- पेतमीश्वरमयं लोकोऽर्थतः सेवते (aiśvaryādana- petamīśvaramayaṃ loko'rthataḥ sevate) Mu.1.14.

2) To go after, pursue, follow.

3) To use, enjoy; किं सेव्यते सुमनसां मनसापि गन्धः कस्तूरिकाजननशक्तिभृता मृगेण (kiṃ sevyate sumanasāṃ manasāpi gandhaḥ kastūrikājananaśaktibhṛtā mṛgeṇa) R. G.

4) To enjoy carnally; केतकीं सेवसे हन्त कथं रोलम्ब निस्त्रपः (ketakīṃ sevase hanta kathaṃ rolamba nistrapaḥ) Bv.1.118.

5) To attach or devote oneself to, attend to, cultivate, practice, perform; विद्वद्भिः सेवितः (vidvadbhiḥ sevitaḥ) (dharmaḥ) Manusmṛti 2.1; त्वया मनोनिर्विषयार्थ- कामया यदेक एव प्रतिगृह्य सेव्यते (tvayā manonirviṣayārtha- kāmayā yadeka eva pratigṛhya sevyate) Kumārasambhava 5.38; R.17.49.

6) To resort to, betake oneself to, dwell in, frequent, inhabit; तप्तं वारि विहाय तीरनलिनीं कारण्डवः सेवते (taptaṃ vāri vihāya tīranalinīṃ kāraṇḍavaḥ sevate) V.2.23; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.9.

7) To watch over, guard, protect.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣev (षेव्).—[(ṛ)ṣevṛ] r. 1st cl. (sevati-te) 1. To serve, to gratify by service. 2. To rely or depend on. 3. To worship. 4. To follow, to practise, to be addicted to. 5. To enjoy, (sexually.) 6. To dwell in. 7. To watch over. With ā, 1. To enjoy. 2. To practise. With upa, 1. To practise. 2. To perform. 3. To enjoy. 4. To serve. With ni, 1. To pursue. 2. To employ. 3. To enjoy. 4. To inhabit. 5. To observe. 6. To attend. With pari, To take.

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Sev (सेव्).—[(ṛ) sevṛ] r. 1st cl. (sevate) 1. To serve, to gratify by service. 2. To follow. 3. To use, to enjoy. 4. To attend to, to cultivate, to perform. 5. To enjoy, (sexually.) 6. To dwell in, to frequent. 7. To watch over. With ā, 1. To enjoy. 2. To practise. With upa, 1. To apply oneself to. 2. To perform. 3. To enjoy. 4. To serve. With ni, 1. To pursue. 2. To practise. 3. To employ. 4. To enjoy. 5. To inhabit. 6. To observe. 7. To attend. With pari, To take; preferably ṣevṛ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śev (शेव्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To worship (cf. sev).

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Sev (सेव्).— (akin to sap), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] Atm. 1. To follow, to apply one’s self to, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 35. 2. To study, Mahābhārata 3, 27. 3. To practise, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 29; to do, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 17, 49. 4. To enjoy, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 172, M. M. (cherish); [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 24; carnally, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 365; to love, [Hitopadeśa] 87, 1. 5. To inhabit, Mahābhārata 3, 2402. 6. To tarry somewhere (with acc.), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 131. 7. To frequent, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 9; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 39, 7; to search, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 41. 8. To stand at, to guard, [Hitopadeśa] 98, 18. 9. To serve, to gratify, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 11. 10. To honour, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 38; to worship, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 27. sevita, 1. Pursued, used. 2. Protected. 3. Frequented, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 150, M. M. Comp. A-, adj. not frequented, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 144, M. M. Su-, adj. well served, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 21, M.M. sevya, 1. To be taken care of. 2. Venerable; with jana, Master, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 39. m., f. yā, and n. Names of plants. Comp. A-, adj. 1. not deserving to be served, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 286. 2. not deserving to be visitéd, [Pañcatantra] 31, 1. Dus-, adj. difficult to be treated, Mahābhārata 13, 2225. [Causal.] To worship, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 33.

— With the prep. ā ā, 1. To practise, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 35, 6. 2. Toemploy for smearing with, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 6, 12 (v. r.). 3. To enjoy, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 67, 3; Mahābhārata 3, 16564.

— With samā sam-ā, To practise, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 174. samāserita, Served.

— With upa upa, 1. To apply one’s self to, to practise, Mahābhārata 2, 159. 2. To perform, Mahābhārata 13, 7567. 3. To enjoy, Mahābhārata 3, 15382. 4. To serve, to honour, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 133. 5. To haunt, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 279. upasevita, Smeared, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 100, 33.

— With abhyupa abhi-upa, To observe, Mahābhārata 3, 13432.

— With samupa sam-upa, To enjoy, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 35, 23.

— With ni ni, ṣev, 1. To pursue, to attach one’s self to, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 209, M. M. 2. To practise, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 155. 3. To employ, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 68. 4. To enjoy, Mahābhārata 3, 11877. 5. To inhabit, [Pañcatantra] 31, 1; [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 31, 21. 6. To observe, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 26. 7. To attend, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 300.

— With sam sam, To worship, [Kirātārjunīya] 18, 24.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sev (सेव्).—sevate (sevati), [participle] sevita stay by ([accusative] or [locative]), inhabit, frequent, visit; serve, revere, worship; attend upon, devote one’s self to ([accusative]); practise, use, employ, enjoy (also sexually). [Causative] sevayati serve, worship.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śev (शेव्):—(cf. √sev) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] śevate, to worship, serve, [Dhātupāṭha xiv, 36.]

2) Sev (सेव्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xiv, 30]) sevate (rarely ti; [perfect tense] siṣeve, va, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [future] sevitā [grammar]; seviṣyate, [ib.], ti, [Mahābhārata]; [Aorist] asiṣevat, aseviṣṭa [grammar]; [infinitive mood] sevitum, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [indeclinable participle] sevitvā, -sevya, [ib.]),

2) —to dwell or stay near or in ([locative case]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

2) —to remain or stay at, live in, frequent, haunt, inhabit, resort to ([accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to serve, wait or attend upon, honour, obey, worship, [ib.];

2) —to cherish, foster (a child), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

2) —to present with ([instrumental case]), [Raghuvaṃśa];

2) —to enjoy sexually, have sexual intercourse with ([accusative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

2) —to refresh by soft breezes, fan (said of the wind), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kālidāsa; Pañcatantra];

2) —to devote or apply one’s self to, cultivate, study, practise, use, employ, perform, do, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to exist or be found in anything ([accusative]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] :—[Passive voice] sevyate, to be followed or served etc., [Mahābhārata] :—[Causal] sevayati ([Aorist] asiṣevat), to attend upon, serve, honour, [Hitopadeśa];

2) —to tend, cherish (plants), [Bhartṛhari] :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] See sisevayiṣu:—[Desiderative] siseviṣate, ti [grammar]:—[Intensive] seṣevyate, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṣev (षेव्):—(ña, ṛ) sevati, te 1. c. To serve, rely on, worship.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sev (सेव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Seva.

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Shev in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sev in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) an apple; a saltish/sweet vermicelli-like preparation of gram flour..—sev (सेव) is alternatively transliterated as Seva.

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Starts with (+40): Seva, Sevadhi, Sevaka, Sevala, Sevali, Sevanti, Sevati, Sevya, Shevada, Shevadem, Shevadhipa, Shevadi, Shevadie vayr, Shevaga, Shevagil, Shevai, Shevaka-kkashu, Shevakhanda, Shevaladatta, Shevalaghosha.

Ends with: Kshev, Nishev, Parinishev, Parisev, Upanishev, Vishev.

Full-text (+112): Seva, Abhisevana, Sevin, Samsevana, Khev, Kev, Anusevin, Upasevaka, Upasevana, Parisev, Nisevana, Sevaka, Nishevitri, Pev, Upanishev, Parinishev, Peb, Upasevati, Glev, Vishev.

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