سنگم

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संगम (saṃgama).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səŋ.ɡəm/
• Rhymes: -əm
• Hyphenation: سَن٘‧گَم

Noun

سَن٘گَم • (saṅgam) m (Hindi spelling संगम) (rare)

1. meeting, coming together, association

   Synonym: اشتراک (iśtirāk)

2. confluence, junction
   1. (Hinduism) the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna at Allahabad
   • Qamar Jameel :

     یا الہ آباد میں رہیے جہاں سنگم بھی ہو یا بنارس میں جہاں ہر گھاٹ پر سیلاب ہے

     yā ilāhābād mẽ rahie jahā̃ saṅgam bhī ho yā banāras mẽ jahā̃ har ghāṭ par sailāb hai

     Stay either in Allahabad where there is confluence, or in Varanasi where there is flood at every pier.

3. (historical) the Sangam period of ancient Tamil Nadu
4. (literary) sexual union, sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of سنگم
	singular	plural
direct	سنگم (sangam)	سنگم (sangam)
oblique	سنگم (sangam)	سنگموں (sangamõ)
vocative	سنگم (sangam)	سنگمو (sangamo)

References

• “سنگم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سنگم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنگم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.