سمکھ

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सम्मुख (sam-mukhá). Doublet of سَامْنَا (sāmnā). Cognate with Marathi सम्मुख (sammukh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səm.mʊkʰ/

Adjective

سَمُّکھ • (sammukh) (Hindi spelling सम्मुख) (rare)

1. facing, face to face with
2. opposing, competing
3. adapted to circumstances, fit, suitable

Adverb

سَمُّکھ • (sammukh) (Hindi spelling सम्मुख)

1. in front of

References

• “سمکھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सम्मुख”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.