संधा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- सन्धा (sandhā)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधा (saṃdhā́).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sən.d̪ʱɑː/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäː]
Noun
संधा • (sandhā) f (rare, formal)
- a promise, vow
- mixture, preparation
- limit, boundary
- fixity, steadiness
- Synonym: स्थिरता (sthirtā)
- twilight, evening
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संधा sandhā |
संधाएँ sandhāẽ |
| oblique | संधा sandhā |
संधाओं sandhāõ |
| vocative | संधा sandhā |
संधाओ sandhāo |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “संधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সংধা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬂᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- সংধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သံဓာ (Burmese script)
- સંધા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦁꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂁𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಂಧಾ (Kannada script)
- សំធា (Khmer script)
- ສໍຘາ (Lao script)
- സംധാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସଂଧା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢀꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සංධා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑪖𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚫𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸஂத⁴ா (Tamil script)
- సంధా (Telugu script)
- สํธา (Thai script)
- སཾ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨸𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Alternative forms
- सन्धा (sandhā)
Etymology 1
From सम्- (sam-, “together”) + धा (dhā, “to put, place”, root). Related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *sámdas, whence Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ (court of law).
Root
संधा • (saṃdhā)
- to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix
- to treat with, form friendship or alliance with, make peace with
- to unite in friendship, reconcile, make a friend of
- to fix upon, direct towards
- to fit to or place upon the bow (as a missile, arrow)
- to produce, cause
- to hold out against, be a match for
- to mend, repair, heal
- to inflict upon
- to grasp, support, take hold of
- to grant, yield, bestow
- to make good, atone for
- to contract, close up
- to approach, come near
- to prepare, make, compose
- to assist, aid, help
- to comprehend, conceive
- to possess, have
- to perform, do
- to employ, make use of, apply to use
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the root संधा (saṃdhā) (see above) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐn.dʱɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱɑː/
Noun
संधा • (saṃdhā́) stem, f
- union, association
- intimate union, close connection
- state, condition
- an agreement, stipulation, compact
- a promise, vow
- limit, boundary
- mixture, preparation (especially of a beverage)
- fixity, steadiness
- twilight, evening
- distillation
- steady continuance in any state
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | संधा (saṃdhā́) | संधे (saṃdhé) | संधाः (saṃdhā́ḥ) |
| accusative | संधाम् (saṃdhā́m) | संधे (saṃdhé) | संधाः (saṃdhā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | संधया (saṃdháyā) संधा¹ (saṃdhā́¹) |
संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām) | संधाभिः (saṃdhā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | संधायै (saṃdhā́yai) | संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām) | संधाभ्यः (saṃdhā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | संधायाः (saṃdhā́yāḥ) संधायै² (saṃdhā́yai²) |
संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām) | संधाभ्यः (saṃdhā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | संधायाः (saṃdhā́yāḥ) संधायै² (saṃdhā́yai²) |
संधयोः (saṃdháyoḥ) | संधानाम् (saṃdhā́nām) |
| locative | संधायाम् (saṃdhā́yām) | संधयोः (saṃdháyoḥ) | संधासु (saṃdhā́su) |
| vocative | संधे (sáṃdhe) | संधे (sáṃdhe) | संधाः (sáṃdhāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “संधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1144, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “संधा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “saṃdhā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press