سنجھ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀛𑀸 (saṃjhā), from Sanskrit संध्या (saṁdhyā́, “twilight”). Cognate with Sindhi سنجهو (sañjho) and Urdu سان٘جھ (sāñjh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə˥ɲd͡ʒə̆/
• Rhymes: -əɲd͡ʒ

Noun

سَن٘جھ • (saṉjh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੰਝ)

1. evening, sunset

   Synonyms: شام (śām), تَرکاࣇاں (tarkāḷāṉ), آتَھݨ (āthaṇ)

Declension

Declension of سنجھ
dir. sg.	سَن٘جھ (saṉjh)
dir. pl.	سَن٘جھاں (saṉjhāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	سَن٘جھ (saṉjh)	سَن٘جھاں (saṉjhāṉ)
oblique	سَن٘جھ (saṉjh)	سَن٘جھاں (saṉjhāṉ)
vocative	سَن٘جھے (saṉjhe)	سَن٘جھو (saṉjho)
ablative	سَن٘جھوں (saṉjhoṉ)	سَن٘جھاں (saṉjhāṉ)
locative	سَن٘جھی (saṉjhī)	سَن٘جھِیں (saṉjhīṉ)
instrumental	سَن٘جھِیں (saṉjhīṉ)	سَن٘جھے (saṉjhe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سنجھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਸੰਝ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁdhyā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 749

Urdu

Noun

سَن٘جھ • (sãjh) ? (Hindi spelling संझ)

1. (rare) evening