संज्ञा

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संज्ञा (saṃjñā́).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səŋ.ɡjɑː/,

Noun

संज्ञा (saṅgyāf (Urdu spelling سنگیا)

  1. sense, consciousness
    Synonyms: चैतन्यता (caitanyatā), चेतना (cetnā)
  2. knowledge, mind, intellect
    Synonyms: मन (man), ज्ञान (jñān)
  3. title, name
    Synonyms: नाम (nām), शीर्षक (śīrṣak)
  4. (grammar) noun
    Synonym: (less common) इस्म (ism)

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, with) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā, to know).

Pronunciation

Root

संज्ञा (saṃjñā)

  1. to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with
  2. to obey
  3. to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine
  4. to direct, order, command
  5. to acknowledge, recognize, own
  6. to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of
  7. to think of, recollect sorrowfully
  8. to know well, understand
  9. to watch for
  10. to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together
  11. 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)
  12. to appease, satisfy
  13. to make to be understood or known, cause to understand
  14. to make signs to, communicate or make anything known by signs
  15. to command, enjoin, instruct
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root संज्ञा (saṃjñā) +‎ -आ ().

Pronunciation

Noun

संज्ञा (saṃjñā́) stemf

  1. agreement, mutual understanding, harmony
  2. consciousness, clear knowledge, understanding, notion, conception
  3. a sign, token, signal, gesture
  4. direction
  5. a track, footstep
  6. a name, appellation, title, technical term
  7. (grammar) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning
  8. (grammar) a technical expression
  9. (Buddhism) perception (one of the 5 skandhas)
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of संज्ञा (saṃjñā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative संज्ञा
saṃjñā́
संज्ञे
saṃjñé
संज्ञाः
saṃjñā́ḥ
Vocative संज्ञे
sáṃjñe
संज्ञे
sáṃjñe
संज्ञाः
sáṃjñāḥ
Accusative संज्ञाम्
saṃjñā́m
संज्ञे
saṃjñé
संज्ञाः
saṃjñā́ḥ
Instrumental संज्ञया / संज्ञा¹
saṃjñáyā / saṃjñā́¹
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभिः
saṃjñā́bhiḥ
Dative संज्ञायै
saṃjñā́yai
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभ्यः
saṃjñā́bhyaḥ
Ablative संज्ञायाः / संज्ञायै²
saṃjñā́yāḥ / saṃjñā́yai²
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभ्यः
saṃjñā́bhyaḥ
Genitive संज्ञायाः / संज्ञायै²
saṃjñā́yāḥ / saṃjñā́yai²
संज्ञयोः
saṃjñáyoḥ
संज्ञानाम्
saṃjñā́nām
Locative संज्ञायाम्
saṃjñā́yām
संज्ञयोः
saṃjñáyoḥ
संज्ञासु
saṃjñā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

संज्ञा (saṃjñā) stemf

  1. name of a daughter of tvaṣṭṛ or viśvakarman (the wife of sūrya and mother of manu, yama and yamī)
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of संज्ञा (saṃjñā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative संज्ञा
saṃjñā́
संज्ञे
saṃjñé
संज्ञाः
saṃjñā́ḥ
Vocative संज्ञे
sáṃjñe
संज्ञे
sáṃjñe
संज्ञाः
sáṃjñāḥ
Accusative संज्ञाम्
saṃjñā́m
संज्ञे
saṃjñé
संज्ञाः
saṃjñā́ḥ
Instrumental संज्ञया / संज्ञा¹
saṃjñáyā / saṃjñā́¹
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभिः
saṃjñā́bhiḥ
Dative संज्ञायै
saṃjñā́yai
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभ्यः
saṃjñā́bhyaḥ
Ablative संज्ञायाः / संज्ञायै²
saṃjñā́yāḥ / saṃjñā́yai²
संज्ञाभ्याम्
saṃjñā́bhyām
संज्ञाभ्यः
saṃjñā́bhyaḥ
Genitive संज्ञायाः / संज्ञायै²
saṃjñā́yāḥ / saṃjñā́yai²
संज्ञयोः
saṃjñáyoḥ
संज्ञानाम्
saṃjñā́nām
Locative संज्ञायाम्
saṃjñā́yām
संज्ञयोः
saṃjñáyoḥ
संज्ञासु
saṃjñā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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