سماج
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /sə.mäːd͡ʒᵊ/
Noun
سَماج • (samāj) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਮਾਜ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَماج (samāj) | سَماج (samāj) |
| oblique | سَماج (samāj) | سَماجاں (samājāṉ) |
| vocative | سَماجا (samājā) | سَماجو (samājo) |
| ablative | سَماجوں (samājoṉ) | سَماجاں (samājāṉ) |
| locative | سَماجے (samāje) | سَماجِیں (samājīṉ) |
| instrumental | سَماجوں (samājoṉ) | – |
References
- “سماج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سماج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.mɑːd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ
- Hyphenation: سَ‧ماج
Noun
سَماج • (samāj) m (Hindi spelling समाज)
- society, community
- Synonym: مُعاشِرَہ (mu'āśira)
- an association
- آرْیَہ سَماج ― ārya samāj ― Arya Samaj
- a luxurious gathering
- a historical festival celebrating idols.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَماج (samāj) | سَماج (samāj) |
| oblique | سَماج (samāj) | سَماجوں (samājõ) |
| vocative | سَماج (samāj) | سَماجو (samājo) |
Further reading
- “سماج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سماج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سماج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سماج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سماج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.