سماس

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समास (samāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.mɑːs/

Noun

سماس • (samās) m (Hindi spelling समास)

1. combination, composition
2. (grammar) a compound word

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “سماس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.