समिता

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शमिता (śamitā), समीदा (samīdā)

Alternative scripts

সমিতা (Assamese script)
ᬲᬫᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
সমিতা (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰦𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
သမိတာ (Burmese script)
સમિતા (Gujarati script)
ਸਮਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦩꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂧𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಸಮಿತಾ (Kannada script)
សមិតា (Khmer script)
ສມິຕາ (Lao script)
സമിതാ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠᠮᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘦𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᠮᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧆𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐩𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
ସମିତା (Odia script)
ꢱꢪꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆩𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖦𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
සමිතා (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩴𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚢𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
ஸமிதா (Tamil script)
సమితా (Telugu script)
สมิตา (Thai script)
ས་མི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒧𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨢𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A Wanderwort, related to Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”). Cognate with Latin simila, Proto-West Germanic *similā, Ancient Greek σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς (semĭ́dālĭs), Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ), and Classical Persian (samid). Doublet of समीदा (samīdā), शमिता (śamitā), and (late Sanskrit) सेविका (sevikā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.mi.t̪ɑː/

Noun

समिता • (samitā) stem, f

wheat-flour

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of समिता
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	समिता (samitā)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)
accusative	समिताम् (samitām)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)
instrumental	समितया (samitayā)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभिः (samitābhiḥ)
dative	समितायै (samitāyai)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ)
ablative	समितायाः (samitāyāḥ)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ)
genitive	समितायाः (samitāyāḥ)	समितयोः (samitayoḥ)	समितानाम् (samitānām)
locative	समितायाम् (samitāyām)	समितयोः (samitayoḥ)	समितासु (samitāsu)
vocative	समिते (samite)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)

Derived terms

सामित (sāmita, “made of wheat-flour”)

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā, “wheat-flour”), 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀅 (samia), 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀅 (samia, “a confection”)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: सेवँई (sevãī), सेव (sev) — back-formation, सेंवई (sẽvaī), सेंमई (sẽmaī), सेमँई (semãī), सेमई (semaī), सेवई (sevaī), सिवैयाँ (sivaiyā̃)
    - ⇒ Hindi: सेवड़ा (sevṛā)
      - → English: sewra, sevra
    Urdu: سیوئیں (syoẽ), سوییاں (sveyā̃)
    - → English: sewai, sevai, sewaiya, sevaiya
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Odia: ସିମେଇ (simei)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸੇਉਣੀ (seuṇī), ਸੇਮੀਆਂ (semīā̃)
    Shahmukhi script: سیؤنی (sī'onī), سیمیاں (semeyāṉ)
  - Sindhi:
    Khudabadi script: 𑋝𑋢𑋟𑊲𑊳𑋟 (sī̃iī̃)
    Devanagari script: सींइईं (sī̃iī̃)
    Arabic script: سينئِين (sẽī̃)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Marathi: शेव (śev), शेवी (śevī), शेवे (śeve), शेवय (śevay), शेव्या (śevyā)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: સેવ (sev), સેવઈ (sevaī)
    - → English: sev
    - → Hindi: सेव (sev)
- → Tamil: சேமியா (cēmiyā)
- → Telugu: సేమియా (sēmiyā)
- → Tulu: ಸೇಮೆ (sēme)
- → Malayalam: സേമിയ (sēmiya)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: सेविका (sevikā) (Sanskritisation)
  - → Hindi: सेविका (sevikā) (learned)
  - → Kannada: ಸೇವಿಕೆ (sēvike) (learned)
  - → Odia: ସେବିକା (sebikā) (learned)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
Monier Williams (1899), “समिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1164.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 713