संज्ञा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संज्ञा (saṃjñā́).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /səŋ.ɡjɑː/, [sɐ̃ŋ.ɡjäː]
Noun
संज्ञा • (saṅgyā) f (Urdu spelling سنگیا)
- sense, consciousness
- Synonyms: चैतन्यता (caitanyatā), चेतना (cetnā)
- knowledge, mind, intellect
- title, name
- (grammar) noun
- Synonym: (less common) इस्म (ism)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संज्ञा saṅgyā |
संज्ञाएँ saṅgyāẽ |
| oblique | संज्ञा saṅgyā |
संज्ञाओं saṅgyāõ |
| vocative | संज्ञा saṅgyā |
संज्ञाओ saṅgyāo |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संज्ञा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संज्ञा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “संज्ञा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সংজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬂᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
- সংজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သံဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
- સંજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦁꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂁𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಂಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
- សំជ្ញា (Khmer script)
- ສໍຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
- സംജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସଂଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢀꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සංඥා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑪖𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚫𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸஂஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
- సంజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
- สํชฺญา (Thai script)
- སཾ་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨸𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From सम्- (sam-, “with”) + ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
Root
संज्ञा • (saṃjñā)
- to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with
- to obey
- to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine
- to direct, order, command
- to acknowledge, recognize, own
- to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of
- to think of, recollect sorrowfully
- to know well, understand
- to watch for
- to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together
- to cause to acquiesce or agree in (euphemistically said of a sacrificial victim, which ought not to be led forcibly to its death but made to resign itself)
- to appease, satisfy
- to make to be understood or known, cause to understand
- to make signs to, communicate or make anything known by signs
- to command, enjoin, instruct
Derived terms
- संज्ञा (saṃjñā)
- संज्ञान (saṃjñāna)
Etymology 2
From the root संज्ञा (saṃjñā) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
Noun
संज्ञा • (saṃjñā́) stem, f
- agreement, mutual understanding, harmony
- consciousness, clear knowledge, understanding, notion, conception
- a sign, token, signal, gesture
- direction
- a track, footstep
- a name, appellation, title, technical term
- (grammar) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning
- (grammar) a technical expression
- (Buddhism) perception (one of the 5 skandhas)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | संज्ञा (saṃjñā́) | संज्ञे (saṃjñé) | संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ) |
| accusative | संज्ञाम् (saṃjñā́m) | संज्ञे (saṃjñé) | संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | संज्ञया (saṃjñáyā) संज्ञा¹ (saṃjñā́¹) |
संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभिः (saṃjñā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | संज्ञायै (saṃjñā́yai) | संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²) |
संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²) |
संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ) | संज्ञानाम् (saṃjñā́nām) |
| locative | संज्ञायाम् (saṃjñā́yām) | संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ) | संज्ञासु (saṃjñā́su) |
| vocative | संज्ञे (sáṃjñe) | संज्ञे (sáṃjñe) | संज्ञाः (sáṃjñāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Proper noun
संज्ञा • (saṃjñā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | संज्ञा (saṃjñā́) | संज्ञे (saṃjñé) | संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ) |
| accusative | संज्ञाम् (saṃjñā́m) | संज्ञे (saṃjñé) | संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | संज्ञया (saṃjñáyā) संज्ञा¹ (saṃjñā́¹) |
संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभिः (saṃjñā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | संज्ञायै (saṃjñā́yai) | संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²) |
संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām) | संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²) |
संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ) | संज्ञानाम् (saṃjñā́nām) |
| locative | संज्ञायाम् (saṃjñā́yām) | संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ) | संज्ञासु (saṃjñā́su) |
| vocative | संज्ञे (sáṃjñe) | संज्ञे (sáṃjñe) | संज्ञाः (sáṃjñāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “संज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1133.