सेक

सेक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /seːk/, [s̪eːk]

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 (as of the seminal fluid)
3. a libation, offering

   Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)

4. a drop of any liquid

Declension

Declension of सेक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेक sek	सेक sek
oblique	सेक sek	सेकों sekõ
vocative	सेक sek	सेको seko

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک‎)

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

Declension

Declension of सेक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सेक sek	सेकें sekẽ
oblique	सेक sek	सेकों sekõ
vocative	सेक sek	सेको seko

Further reading

• Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “सेक”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
• Platts, John T. (1884) , “सेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
• সেক (Assamese script)
• সেক (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
• સેક (Gujarati script)
• ꦱꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
• សេក (Khmer script)
• ಸೇಕ (Kannada script)
• ເສກ (Lao script)
• 𑘭𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
• သေက (Burmese script)
• 𑐳𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
• ସେକ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
• సేక (Telugu script)
• เสก (Thai script)
• སེཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ́j.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪eː.kɐ/

Noun

सेक • (séka) m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सेक (séka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सेकः sékaḥ	सेकौ sékau	सेकाः / सेकासः¹ sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सेक séka	सेकौ sékau	सेकाः / सेकासः¹ sékāḥ / sékāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सेकम् sékam	सेकौ sékau	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

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) , “सेक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1246, column 1.
• सेक – Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “seka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press