संख्या

संख्या

See also: सांख्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səŋ.kʰjɑː/, [s̪ə̃ŋ.kʰjäː]

Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f (Urdu spelling سنکھیہ‎)

1. number

   Synonym: अंक (aṅk)

2. reckoning, counting
3. a calculation
4. (grammar) number

Declension

Declension of संख्या (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संख्या saṅkhyā	संख्याएँ saṅkhyāẽ
oblique	संख्या saṅkhyā	संख्याओं saṅkhyāõ
vocative	संख्या saṅkhyā	संख्याओ saṅkhyāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संख्या”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “संख्या”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f

1. number
2. reckoning, counting
3. a calculation
4. (grammar) number

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “संख्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “संख्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• सङ्ख्या (saṅkhyā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬂᬔ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• সংখ্যা (Assamese script)
• সংখ্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• સંખ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਖੑਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦁꦑꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• សំខ្យា (Khmer script)
• ಸಂಖ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ສໍຂ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• സംഖ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠻᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡘᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• သံချာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଂଖ୍ଯା (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢀꢓ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සංඛ්යා (Sinhalese script)
• సంఖ్యా (Telugu script)
• สํขฺยา (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཁྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ ख्या (khyā, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐŋ.kʰjɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐŋ.kʰjɑː/

Noun

संख्या • (saṃkhyā) f

1. a number, sum, total
2. reckoning or summing up
3. numeration
4. calculation

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संख्या (saṃkhyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संख्या saṃkhyā	संख्ये saṃkhye	संख्याः saṃkhyāḥ
Vocative	संख्ये saṃkhye	संख्ये saṃkhye	संख्याः saṃkhyāḥ
Accusative	संख्याम् saṃkhyām	संख्ये saṃkhye	संख्याः saṃkhyāḥ
Instrumental	संख्यया / संख्या¹ saṃkhyayā / saṃkhyā¹	संख्याभ्याम् saṃkhyābhyām	संख्याभिः saṃkhyābhiḥ
Dative	संख्यायै saṃkhyāyai	संख्याभ्याम् saṃkhyābhyām	संख्याभ्यः saṃkhyābhyaḥ
Ablative	संख्यायाः saṃkhyāyāḥ	संख्याभ्याम् saṃkhyābhyām	संख्याभ्यः saṃkhyābhyaḥ
Genitive	संख्यायाः saṃkhyāyāḥ	संख्ययोः saṃkhyayoḥ	संख्यानाम् saṃkhyānām
Locative	संख्यायाम् saṃkhyāyām	संख्ययोः saṃkhyayoḥ	संख्यासु saṃkhyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: saṅkhyā
  • → Burmese: သင်္ချာ (sanghkya)
• →Tatsama:

  • Hindi: संख्या (saṅkhyā)
  • Marathi: संख्या (saṅkhyā)

References

• “संख्या” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 575.
• Monier Williams (1899), “संख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1128.