सीव्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *síHwati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síHwati, from Proto-Indo-European *síh₁-we-ti, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Cognate with Lithuanian siū́ti, Latin suō, Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn), Old English siwian (whence English sew).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪íːʋ.jɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪iːʋ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

सीव्यति • (sī́vyati) (root सिव्, class 4, type P)

to sew, darn, stitch, stitch together.
to join, unite.

Descendants

Assamese: সীয়া (xia)
Gujarati: સીવવું (sīvvũ)
Hindi: सीना (sīnā)
Marathi: शिवणे (śivṇe)
Konkani: शिव्चे (śivce)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सीव्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1218.

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