# सेक
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /seːk/

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सेक (séka).

#### Noun

सेक • (sek) m
* sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
    Synonyms: तराई (tarāī), सिंचाई (sĩcāī), आर्द्रण (ārdraṇ)
* pouring out, emission, effusion
* a libation, offering
    Synonym: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
* a drop of any liquid

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

सेक • (sek) f (Urdu spelling سیک)
* Alternative form of सेंक (sẽk, “warming, heating, basking”)

##### Declension
#### Verb

सेक • (sek)
* inflection of सेकना (seknā):
** stem
** second-person singular intimate present imperative

### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “सेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* seka (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* সেক (Bengali script)
* සෙක (Sinhalese script)
* သေက or သေၵ (Burmese script)
* เสก or เสกะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
* ເສກ or ເສກະ (Lao script)
* សេក (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

### Noun

सेक m
* Devanagari script form of seka (“sprinkling”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সেক (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
* সেক (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* သေက (Burmese script)
* સેક (Gujarati script)
* ਸੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಸೇಕ (Kannada script)
* សេក (Khmer script)
* ເສກ (Lao script)
* സേക (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
* ସେକ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
* සෙක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
* ஸேக (Tamil script)
* సేక (Telugu script)
* เสก (Thai script)
* སེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-os, from *seykʷ- (“to moisten, filter”) +‎ *-os. Compare Ancient Greek ἰκμάς (ikmás), Old English sēon (“to filter”), Russian сцать (scatʹ, “to piss”). The Sanskrit root is सिच् (sic, “to moisten, pour out, sprinkle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ́j.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪eː.kɐ/

### Noun

सेक • (séka) stem, m
* sprinkling, irrigation, moistening or watering with
* pouring out, emission, effusion
* a shower-bath
* Synonym of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká, “libation, offering”)
* a drop of any liquid

#### Derived terms

* अभिषेक (abhiṣeka)

#### Descendants

* Pali: seka
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀅 (sea)
* → Hindi: सेक (sek) (learned)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “सेक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1246, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “seka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press