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Hindi
- सं- (san-) — before consonants
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सम्- (sam-), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sam-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sam-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *som- (“together, wholly”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
सम्- • (sam-)
- with, together with, con-, co-
- intensifier; fully, wholly
- सम्- (sam-) + पूर्ण (pūrṇ, “full”) → संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ, “complete”)
Usage notes
Before consonants, सं- (san-, sam-) is preferred. Before -म्- (-m-), either सं- (sam-) or सम्- (sam-) can be used.
Derived terms
References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সম্- (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬫ᭄- (Balinese script)
- সম্- (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰦𑰿- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀫𑁆- (Brahmi script)
- သမ်- (Burmese script)
- સમ્- (Gujarati script)
- ਸਮ੍- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌮𑍍- (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦩ꧀- (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂧𑂹- (Kaithi script)
- ಸಮ್- (Kannada script)
- សម៑- (Khmer script)
- ສມ຺- (Lao script)
- സമ്- (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᠮ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘦𑘿- (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠮ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧆𑧠- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐩𑑂- (Newa script)
- ସମ୍- (Odia script)
- ꢱꢪ꣄- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆩𑇀- (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖦𑖿- (Siddham script)
- සම්- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩴 𑪙- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚢𑚶- (Takri script)
- ஸம்- (Tamil script)
- సమ్- (Telugu script)
- สมฺ- (Thai script)
- ས་མ྄- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒧𑓂- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨢𑨴- (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sam-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sam-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *som- (“together, wholly”). Compare Middle Persian hm (ham), Persian هم (ham) and Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”) (whence English syn-). Compare also English same, some.
Pronunciation
Prefix
सम्- • (sam-)
- with, together with, along with, together, altogether
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सम्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1152/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 702-3