Sewak
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Sewak (Gurmukhi: ਸੇਵਕ) which comes from the word sewa (meaning service) and is used to refer to one who perform sewa. However this role of one performing sewa is more widely referred to by a linked word - sewadar while the word sewak is used more to refer to a devotee, attendant, adherent, orderly, handmaid, disciple, employee, servant, worshipper, devout person, waiter or follower.
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Gurbani with this word
In Japji sahib in the 35th pauri is the tuk:
| ਕੇਤੀਆ ਸਰਤੀ ਸੇਵਕ ਕੇਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਅੰਤ ॥੩੫॥ |
| Keṯī▫ĝ surṯī sevak keṯe Nĝnak anṯ na anṯ. (35) |
| So many intuitive people, so many selfless servants. O Nanak, His limit has no limit! (35) |
