संकेत
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संकेत (saṃketa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /səŋ.keːt̪/, [sɐ̃ŋ.keːt̪]
Noun
संकेत • (saṅket) m (Urdu spelling سنکيت)
- signal, indication, hint
- Synonym: इशारा (iśārā)
- अध्यापक ने लड़कों को उठने का संकेत दिया।
- adhyāpak ne laṛkõ ko uṭhne kā saṅket diyā.
- The teacher gave a signal to the boys to rise.
- a sign
- mark, indication
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संकेत saṅket |
संकेत saṅket |
| oblique | संकेत saṅket |
संकेतों saṅketõ |
| vocative | संकेत saṅket |
संकेतो saṅketo |
Derived terms
- संकेतविज्ञान (saṅketvijñān)
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संकेत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সংকেত (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬂᬓᬾᬢ (Balinese script)
- সংকেত (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰎𑰸𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- သံကေတ (Burmese script)
- સંકેત (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਕੇਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌕𑍇𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦁꦏꦺꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂁𑂍𑂵𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಂಕೇತ (Kannada script)
- សំកេត (Khmer script)
- ສໍເກຕ (Lao script)
- സംകേത (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡬᡝᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘎𑘹𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢉᠧᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑦮𑧚𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐎𑐾𑐟 (Newa script)
- ସଂକେତ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢀꢒꢾꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆑𑆼𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖎𑖸𑖝 (Siddham script)
- සංකෙත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑪖𑩜𑩔𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚫𑚊𑚲𑚙 (Takri script)
- ஸஂகேத (Tamil script)
- సంకేత (Telugu script)
- สํเกต (Thai script)
- སཾ་ཀེ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒏𑒹𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨸𑨋𑨄𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
सं- (saṃ-) + केत (keta, “mark, sign”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐŋ.kɐj.tɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐŋ.keː.t̪ɐ/
Noun
संकेत • (saṃketa) stem, m
- agreement, compact, stipulation, assignation with, engagement, appointment
- convention, consent
- intimation, hint, allusion, preconcerted sign or signal or gesture
- a short explanation of a grammatical rule
- condition, provision
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | संकेतः (saṃketaḥ) | संकेतौ (saṃketau) संकेता¹ (saṃketā¹) |
संकेताः (saṃketāḥ) संकेतासः¹ (saṃketāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | संकेतम् (saṃketam) | संकेतौ (saṃketau) संकेता¹ (saṃketā¹) |
संकेतान् (saṃketān) |
| instrumental | संकेतेन (saṃketena) | संकेताभ्याम् (saṃketābhyām) | संकेतैः (saṃketaiḥ) संकेतेभिः¹ (saṃketebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | संकेताय (saṃketāya) | संकेताभ्याम् (saṃketābhyām) | संकेतेभ्यः (saṃketebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | संकेतात् (saṃketāt) | संकेताभ्याम् (saṃketābhyām) | संकेतेभ्यः (saṃketebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | संकेतस्य (saṃketasya) | संकेतयोः (saṃketayoḥ) | संकेतानाम् (saṃketānām) |
| locative | संकेते (saṃkete) | संकेतयोः (saṃketayoḥ) | संकेतेषु (saṃketeṣu) |
| vocative | संकेत (saṃketa) | संकेतौ (saṃketau) संकेता¹ (saṃketā¹) |
संकेताः (saṃketāḥ) संकेतासः¹ (saṃketāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “संकेत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1126/3.