संसार
See also: ससुर and सासरा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sən.sɑːɾ/, [s̪ə̃n̪.s̪äːɾ]
Noun
संसार • (sansār) m (Urdu spelling سنسار)
- world; mortal world
- यह संसार केवल एक माया है।
- yah sansār keval ek māyā hai.
- The world is but an illusion.
Declension
Declension of संसार (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | संसार sansār | संसार sansār |
| oblique | संसार sansār | संसारों sansārõ |
| vocative | संसार sansār | संसारो sansāro |
See also
- दुनिया (duniyā), जगत् (jagat), जहान (jahān)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “संसार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “संसार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- saṃsāra (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- সংসার (Bengali script)
- සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
- သံသာရ or သံသႃရ (Burmese script)
- สํสาร or สังสาระ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩴᩈᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ສໍສາຣ or ສັງສາຣະ (Lao script)
- សំសារ (Khmer script)
Noun
संसार m
- Devanagari script form of saṃsāra (“transmigration”)
Declension
Declension table of "संसार" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | संसारो (saṃsāro) | संसारा (saṃsārā) |
| Accusative (second) | संसारं (saṃsāraṃ) | संसारे (saṃsāre) |
| Instrumental (third) | संसारेन (saṃsārena) | संसारेहि (saṃsārehi) or संसारेभि (saṃsārebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | संसारस्स (saṃsārassa) or संसाराय (saṃsārāya) or संसारत्थं (saṃsāratthaṃ) | संसारानं (saṃsārānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | संसारस्मा (saṃsārasmā) or संसारम्हा (saṃsāramhā) or संसारा (saṃsārā) | संसारेहि (saṃsārehi) or संसारेभि (saṃsārebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | संसारस्स (saṃsārassa) | संसारानं (saṃsārānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | संसारस्मिं (saṃsārasmiṃ) or संसारम्हि (saṃsāramhi) or संसारे (saṃsāre) | संसारेसु (saṃsāresu) |
| Vocative (calling) | संसार (saṃsāra) | संसारा (saṃsārā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲᬂᬲᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- সংসাৰ (Assamese script)
- সংসার (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰽𑰭𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- સંસાર (Gujarati script)
- ਸਂਸਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱꦁꦱꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- សំសារ (Khmer script)
- ಸಂಸಾರ (Kannada script)
- ສໍສາຣ (Lao script)
- സംസാര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘽𑘭𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- သံသာရ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧞𑧍𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑄𑐳𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ସଂସାର (Oriya script)
- ꢱꢀꢱꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆁𑆱𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖽𑖭𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
- సంసార (Telugu script)
- สํสาร (Thai script)
- སཾ་སཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓀𑒮𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From सम्- (sam-) + सार (sāra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ̃.sɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ̃ˈs̪ɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
संसार • (saṃsāra) m
- going or wandering through, undergoing transmigration; samsara
- course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis
- the world, secular life, worldly illusion
- आ संसारात् ― ā saṃsārāt ― from the beginning of the world
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of संसार (saṃsāra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | संसारः saṃsāraḥ | संसारौ saṃsārau | संसाराः / संसारासः¹ saṃsārāḥ / saṃsārāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | संसार saṃsāra | संसारौ saṃsārau | संसाराः / संसारासः¹ saṃsārāḥ / saṃsārāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | संसारम् saṃsāram | संसारौ saṃsārau | संसारान् saṃsārān |
| Instrumental | संसारेण saṃsāreṇa | संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām | संसारैः / संसारेभिः¹ saṃsāraiḥ / saṃsārebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | संसाराय saṃsārāya | संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām | संसारेभ्यः saṃsārebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | संसारात् saṃsārāt | संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām | संसारेभ्यः saṃsārebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | संसारस्य saṃsārasya | संसारयोः saṃsārayoḥ | संसाराणाम् saṃsārāṇām |
| Locative | संसारे saṃsāre | संसारयोः saṃsārayoḥ | संसारेषु saṃsāreṣu |
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Descendants
- → English: samsara
- → Indonesian: sengsara
- → Hindi: संसार (sansār)
- → Bengali: সংসার (sôṅsar)
- → Khmer: សង្សារ (sɑngsaa)
- → Lao: ສົງສານ (song sān)
- → Lü: ᦉᦳᧂᦉᦱᧃ (ṡungṡaan)
- → Malay: sengsara
- → Mongolian: сансар (sansar)
- → Polish: samsara
- → Russian: самса́ра (samsára)
- → Serbo-Croatian: samsàra/самса̀ра
- → Telugu: సంసారము (saṁsāramu)
- → Thai: สังสาร, สงสาร (sǒng-sǎan)
- → Tocharian B: saṃsār
- → Urdu: سنسار (sansār)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “संसार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1119.