Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀤𑀺 (saṃbujjhadi), from Sanskrit सम्बुध्यते (sambudhyate). Cognate with Punjabi ਸਮਝਣਾ (samjhaṇā) / سَمجھݨا (samjhṇā), Gujarati સમજવું (samajvũ), Marathi समजणे (samajṇe).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

سَمَجْھنَا (samajhnā) (Hindi spelling समझना)

  1. to understand
  2. to comprehend
  3. to perceive
  4. to think

Conjugation edit

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سمجهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁbudhyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press