سماج

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.mäːd͡ʒᵊ/

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)	سَماجاں (samājāṉ)
locative	سَماجے (samāje)	سَماجِیں (samājīṉ)
instrumental	سَماجوں (samājoṉ)	–

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 سَماج ― ārya samāj ― Arya 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 T. (1884) “سماج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “سماج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.