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सवैया sawaiyā, सवैआ sawai`ā, िसवै याsiwaiyā[S. सपािदकः], adj. With a quarter more, etc. (=sawāyā, q.v.);—s.m. A quarter more; a weight of 1 ¼ ser; the multiplication table of 1 ¼ times; a kind of verse or measure (consisting of four lines, each of 16+15=31 instants, the last foot being a trochee); a song in this measure; a singer of the sawaiyā:—sawaiyā-ćhand, s.m. A species of metre (=sawaiyā).
Origin: Hindi