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Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit समान (samāna).
Pronunciation
Adjective
समान • (samān) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سمان)
- similar
- equal
- identical, alike
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
समान • (samāna) stem, m
- one of the five vital airs (that which circulates about the navel and is essential to digestion; personified as a son of Sādhya)
Declension
Etymology 2
Probably from सम (sama, “same”).
Adjective
समान • (samāna)
- same, identical, alike, common, equal
- similar, uniform, moderate,
- holding the middle between two extremes
- having the same place or organ of utterance
- having the same measure
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “समान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1154/2.
- Monier Williams (1899) “समान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1160/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 704-705