𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀅 (samia)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯der.

Sanskrit समिता (samitā)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆

Inherited from Sanskrit समिता (samitā, “wheat flour”), शमिता (śamitā, “rice powder”), which in turn was borrowed from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.^[1] Most descendants and borrowings reflect a late unexplained shift to *𑀲𑁂𑀫𑀺𑀆 (*semiā), *𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀺𑀆 (*seviā) (*/seː.ʋ̃i.aː/).

Noun

𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀆 (samiā) f (Devanagari समिआ) ^[2]

wheat flour

Descendants

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

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “समिआ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[2] Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “समिआ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].

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