संधा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सन्धा (sandhā)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधा (saṃdhā́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.d̪ʱɑː/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäː]

Noun

संधा • (sandhā) f (rare, formal)

1. a promise, vow

   Synonyms: वादा (vādā), प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā), वचन (vacan)

2. mixture, preparation

   Synonyms: संधि (sandhi), मिलन (milan)

3. limit, boundary

   Synonyms: मर्यादा (maryādā), सीमा (sīmā), हद (had)

4. fixity, steadiness

   Synonym: स्थिरता (sthirtā)

5. twilight, evening

   Synonyms: संध्या (sandhyā), शाम (śām), साँझ (sāñjh), सायंकाल (sāyaṅkāl)

Declension

Declension of संधा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संधा sandhā	संधाएँ sandhāẽ
oblique	संधा sandhā	संधाओं sandhāõ
vocative	संधा sandhā	संधाओ sandhāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “संधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংধা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
• সংধা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သံဓာ (Burmese script)
• સંધા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಧಾ (Kannada script)
• សំធា (Khmer script)
• ສໍຘາ (Lao script)
• സംധാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଂଧା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සංධා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸஂத⁴ா (Tamil script)
• సంధా (Telugu script)
• สํธา (Thai script)
• སཾ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Alternative forms

• सन्धा (sandhā)

Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, “together”) +‎ धा (dhā, “to put, place”, root). Related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *sámdas, whence Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ (court of law).

Root

संधा • (saṃdhā)

1. to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix
2. to treat with, form friendship or alliance with, make peace with
3. to unite in friendship, reconcile, make a friend of
4. to fix upon, direct towards
5. to fit to or place upon the bow (as a missile, arrow)
6. to produce, cause
7. to hold out against, be a match for
8. to mend, repair, heal
9. to inflict upon
10. to grasp, support, take hold of
11. to grant, yield, bestow
12. to make good, atone for
13. to contract, close up
14. to approach, come near
15. to prepare, make, compose
16. to assist, aid, help
17. to comprehend, conceive
18. to possess, have
19. to perform, do
20. to employ, make use of, apply to use

Derived terms

• संधा (saṃdhā́) (see below)
• संधान (saṃdhā́na)
• संधि (saṃdhí)
• संहित (saṃhita, “put together, joined”)
• संहिता (saṃhitā, “a Saṃhitā”)
• सन्धान (sandhāna)

Etymology 2

From the root संधा (saṃdhā) (see above) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dʱɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱɑː/

Noun

संधा • (saṃdhā́) stem, f

1. union, association
2. intimate union, close connection
3. state, condition
4. an agreement, stipulation, compact
5. a promise, vow
6. limit, boundary
7. mixture, preparation (especially of a beverage)
8. fixity, steadiness
9. twilight, evening
10. distillation
11. steady continuance in any state

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संधा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संधा (saṃdhā́)	संधे (saṃdhé)	संधाः (saṃdhā́ḥ)
vocative	संधे (sáṃdhe)	संधे (sáṃdhe)	संधाः (sáṃdhāḥ)
accusative	संधाम् (saṃdhā́m)	संधे (saṃdhé)	संधाः (saṃdhā́ḥ)
instrumental	संधया (saṃdháyā) संधा¹ (saṃdhā́¹)	संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām)	संधाभिः (saṃdhā́bhiḥ)
dative	संधायै (saṃdhā́yai)	संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām)	संधाभ्यः (saṃdhā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	संधायाः (saṃdhā́yāḥ) संधायै² (saṃdhā́yai²)	संधाभ्याम् (saṃdhā́bhyām)	संधाभ्यः (saṃdhā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	संधायाः (saṃdhā́yāḥ) संधायै² (saṃdhā́yai²)	संधयोः (saṃdháyoḥ)	संधानाम् (saṃdhā́nām)
locative	संधायाम् (saṃdhā́yām)	संधयोः (saṃdháyoḥ)	संधासु (saṃdhā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “संधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1144, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “संधा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṃdhā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press