समस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সমস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬫᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সমস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰦𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀫𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သမသ် (Burmese script)
• સમસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਮਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦩꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂧𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಮಸ್ (Kannada script)
• សមស៑ (Khmer script)
• ສມສ຺ (Lao script)
• സമസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘦𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧆𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐩𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସମସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢪꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆩𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖦𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සමස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩴𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚢𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸமஸ் (Tamil script)
• సమస్ (Telugu script)
• สมสฺ (Thai script)
• ས་མ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒧𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨢𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.mɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.mɐs̪/

Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, “together”) +‎ अस् (as, “throw”).

Root

समस् • (samas)

1. to throw or put together, add, combine, compound, mix, mingle, connect
2. to be put together or combined (passive voice)
3. (grammar) to be compounded, form a compound

Derived terms

• समस्यति (samasyati)
• समास (samāsa)

 

Etymology 2

From सम्- (sam-, “together”) +‎ अस् (as, “to be”).

Root

समस् • (samas)

1. to be like, equal
2. to be united with
3. to be, exist

Derived terms

• समस्ति (samasti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “समस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1158.