سناٹا
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit संनष्ट (saṃnaṣṭa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sən.nɑː.ʈɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun edit
سَنّاٹا • (sannāṭā) m (Hindi spelling सन्नाटा)
- absolute silence – complete absence of sound, often connoted with "eerily quiet".
- fury, rage
- the effect of a blow; a strike
- a heavy; strong sound (of rain etc.)
Declension edit
| Declension of سناٹا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | سَنّاٹا (sannāṭā) | سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe) |
| oblique | سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe) | سَنّاٹوں (sannāṭõ) |
| vocative | سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe) | سَنّاٹو (sannāṭo) |
Further reading edit
- “سناٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سناٹا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سناٹا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁnaṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press