सेना

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सेना (senā).

Noun

सेना • (senā) f (Urdu spelling سینا‎)

1. army, military, body of troops

   शत्रु ने दोनों सेनाओं को हरा दिया।

   śatru ne donõ senāon ko harā diyā.

   The enemy defeated both the armies.

   Synonym: फ़ौज (fauj)

Noun

सेना • (senā) f

1. army

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáynā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáynā. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁‎ (haēnā, “hostile army”), Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎴𐎠 (hainā, “hostile army”).

According to native grammarians, the sense "missile" is from the root सि (√si, “to hurl, cast”). Compare सायक (sā́yaka).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सेना • (sénā) f

1. an army, armament, battle-array, armed force (also personified as wife of Kārttikeya; at the end of a compound also सेन (sena)) (RV. etc.)
2. missile, dart, spear (RV., AV.)
3. name of Indra's wife (or his thunderbolt so personified) (TS., AitBr., Vait.)
4. a small army (consisting of 3 elephants, 3 chariots, 9 horse, and 15 foot) (L.)
5. any drilled troop or band or body of men (Bālar.)
6. a kind of title or addition to the names of persons (also names of courtezans) (Sāh.; compare Pāṇ. 4-1, 152 etc.)
7. name of a courtezan (abridged from कुबेरसेना (kubera-senā)) (HPariś.)
8. name of the mother of शम्भव (śambhava) (the third arhat of the present avasarpiṇī) (L.)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1246