سامنا
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀫𑀼𑀳 (saṃmuha), from Sanskrit सम्मुख (sam-mukhá, “facing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɑːm.nɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: سام‧نا
Noun
[edit]سامْنا • (sāmnā) m (Hindi spelling सामना)
- front; facade
- encounter; confrontation
- opposition (ie. to oppose)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of سامنا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | سامْنا (sāmnā) | سامْنے (sāmne) |
| oblique | سامْنے (sāmne) | سامْنوں (sāmnõ) |
| vocative | سامْنے (sāmne) | سامْنو (sāmno) |
Further reading
[edit]- “سامنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سامنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سامنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سامنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سامنا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “سامنا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁmukhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press