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seva

seva noun: selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward for performing it.

Noun

seva (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) Selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward for performing it.
    • Giving loving service to God and human beings is known as seva. According to Hindu scriptures it is the highest form of dharma. Some seva can produce good karma, which enables the atman to proceed towards moksha where it will be united with God. There are many ways Hindus can perform seva—for...2002, Lynne Gibson, Hinduism, Heinemann, →ISBN, page 56

Proper noun capitalized: Seva

Seva

  1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name diminutive Се́ва (Séva)

seva meaning in Punjabi

seva in Punjabi

seva
ਸੇਵਾ sevā

Forms of seva

alternative formsevā
alternative formsewa

Origin of seva

From Sanskrit [Term?]

Romanization of Russian Се́ва (Séva), a diminutive of Все́волод (Vsévolod)

Questions about seva

What does seva mean?
Seva means selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward for performing it.
What is seva in Punjabi?
Seva in Punjabi is ਸੇਵਾ (sevā). See Seva meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is seva?
Seva can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near seva in the dictionary

  1. Seussification
  2. sev
  3. sev puri
  4. sev'n
  5. sev'ral
  6. seva
  7. sevabertinib
  8. sevai
  9. sevaiyan
  10. Sevan
  11. Sevan trout

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seva (page history and authors); Seva (page history and authors); ਸੇਵਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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