Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit संनष्ट (saṃnaṣṭa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَنّاٹا (sannāṭām (Hindi spelling सन्नाटा)

  1. absolute silencecomplete absence of sound, often connoted with "eerily quiet".
  2. fury, rage
  3. the effect of a blow; a strike
  4. a heavy; strong sound (of rain etc.)

Declension

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Declension of سناٹا
singular plural
direct سَنّاٹا (sannāṭā) سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe)
oblique سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe) سَنّاٹوں (sannāṭõ)
vocative سَنّاٹے (sannāṭe) سَنّاٹو (sannāṭo)

Further reading

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  • 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