سناٹا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit संनष्ट (saṃnaṣṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sən.nɑː.ʈɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

سَنّاٹا • (sannāṭā) m (Hindi spelling सन्नाटा)

1. absolute silence – complete absence of sound, often connoted with "eerily quiet".
2. fury, rage
3. the effect of a blow; a strike
4. a heavy; strong sound (of rain etc.)

Declension

Declension of سناٹا
	singular	plural
direct	سَنّاٹا (sannāṭā)	سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe)
oblique	سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe)	سَنّاٹوں (sannāṭõ)
vocative	سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe)	سَنّاٹو (sannāṭo)

Further reading

• “سناٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سناٹا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سناٹا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁnaṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press