सेवड़ा

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀅𑀧𑀟 (seapaḍa, “Śvetāmbara Jain”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

सेवड़ा (sevṛā)

1. exorcist

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /seːʋ.ɽɑː/, [seːʋ.ɽäː]

From सेव (sev, “fine wheat flour noodles”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-).

सेवड़ा • (sevṛā) m

1. sevda (kind of snack made from fine wheat flour)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀅𑀧𑀟 (seapaḍa), 𑀲𑁂𑀅𑀯𑀟 (seavaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit श्वेतपट (śvetapaṭa, “white-clothed”).

सेवड़ा • (sevṛā) m

1. (Jainism) a Jain ascetic
   • 1952, विपिन बिहारी त्रिवेदी, चंद बरदायी और उनका काव्य [Chand Bardai and His Poetry]‎^[1], page 48:

     अकबर बादशाह के शाही फ़र्मान में जैन मुनि श्री हीर विजय सूरी के लिए "सेवड़ा" शब्द का प्रयोग मिलता है ।

     akbar bādśāh ke śāhī farmān mẽ jain muni śrī hīr vijay sūrī ke lie "sevṛā" śabd kā prayog miltā hai .

     In Emperor Akbar's royal decree, we find the use of sevṛā for the Jain ascetic Shri Hir Vijay Suri.

2. exorcist, shaman

   Synonym: ओझा (ojhā)

Inherited from Sanskrit शाखोट (śākhoṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Doublet of सिहोरा (sihorā).

Cognate with Braj सेगड़ (segaṛ), Assamese শাঁৱৰা (xãwora), Bengali শেওড়া (śeōṛa).

सेवड़ा • (sevṛā) m

1. the tree Streblus asper

   Synonym: सिहोरा (sihorā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सेवड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “सेवड़ा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha