سماج

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَماج • (samāj) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਮਾਜ)

  1. society, community

Declension

Declension of سماج
dir. sg. سَماج (samāj)
dir. pl. سَماج (samāj)
singular plural
direct سَماج (samāj) سَماج (samāj)
oblique سَماج (samāj) سَماجاں (samājāṉ)
vocative سَماجا (samājā) سَماجو (samājo)
ablative سَماجوں (samājoṉ)
locative سَماجے (samāje) سَماجِیں (samājīṉ)
instrumental سَماجے (samāje) سَماجِیں (samājīṉ)

References

  • سماج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سماج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.mɑːd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒ
  • Hyphenation: سَ‧ماج

Noun

سَماج • (samāj) m (Hindi spelling समाज)

  1. society, community
    Synonym: مُعاشِرَہ (mu'āśira)
  2. an association
    آرْیَہ سَماجārya samājArya Samaj
  3. a luxurious gathering
  4. a historical festival celebrating idols.

Declension

Declension of سماج
singular plural
direct سَماج (samāj) سَماج (samāj)
oblique سَماج (samāj) سَماجوں (samājō̃)
vocative سَماج (samāj) سَماجو (samājō)

Further reading

  • سماج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سماج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سماج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “سماج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “سماج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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