संचार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संचार (saṃcāra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *samčāras (compare Persian هنجار (hanjâr)).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃n.t͡ʃäːɾ]

Noun

संचार • (sañcār) m

1. communication

   संचार करने के लिए माध्यम की आवश्यकता है।

   sañcār karne ke lie mādhyam kī āvaśyaktā hai.

   Communication requires a medium.

Declension

Declension of संचार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संचार sañcār	संचार sañcār
oblique	संचार sañcār	संचारों sañcārõ
vocative	संचार sañcār	संचारो sañcāro

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• सञ्चार (sañcāra)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংচাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬘᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• সংচার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰓𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သံစာရ (Burmese script)
• સંચાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਚਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦕꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂒𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಚಾರ (Kannada script)
• សំចារ (Khmer script)
• ສໍຈາຣ (Lao script)
• സംചാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘓𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢋᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦳𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐔𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସଂଚାର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢗꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆖𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖓𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සංචාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩡𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚏𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸஂசார (Tamil script)
• సంచార (Telugu script)
• สํจาร (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཙཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒔𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨣𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *samčāras. By surface analysis, सम् (sam, “with, together”) +‎ चार (cāra, “motion, course, action”). Cognate with Persian هنجار (hanjâr)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲˈt͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

संचार • (saṃcāra) stem, m

1. walking about, wandering
2. transit, passage
3. way, path
4. transmission, contagion

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संचार (saṃcāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संचारः saṃcāraḥ	संचारौ / संचारा¹ saṃcārau / saṃcārā¹	संचाराः / संचारासः¹ saṃcārāḥ / saṃcārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	संचार saṃcāra	संचारौ / संचारा¹ saṃcārau / saṃcārā¹	संचाराः / संचारासः¹ saṃcārāḥ / saṃcārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	संचारम् saṃcāram	संचारौ / संचारा¹ saṃcārau / saṃcārā¹	संचारान् saṃcārān
Instrumental	संचारेण saṃcāreṇa	संचाराभ्याम् saṃcārābhyām	संचारैः / संचारेभिः¹ saṃcāraiḥ / saṃcārebhiḥ¹
Dative	संचाराय saṃcārāya	संचाराभ्याम् saṃcārābhyām	संचारेभ्यः saṃcārebhyaḥ
Ablative	संचारात् saṃcārāt	संचाराभ्याम् saṃcārābhyām	संचारेभ्यः saṃcārebhyaḥ
Genitive	संचारस्य saṃcārasya	संचारयोः saṃcārayoḥ	संचाराणाम् saṃcārāṇām
Locative	संचारे saṃcāre	संचारयोः saṃcārayoḥ	संचारेषु saṃcāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: संचार (sañcār)
• → Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (sañcāraṁ)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “संचार”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “संचार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1131, column 3.