संज्ञा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संज्ञा (saṃjñā́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səŋ.ɡjɑː/, [sɐ̃ŋ.ɡjäː]

Noun

संज्ञा • (saṅgyā) f (Urdu spelling سنگیا)

1. sense, consciousness

   Synonyms: चैतन्यता (caitanyatā), चेतना (cetnā)

2. knowledge, mind, intellect

   Synonyms: मन (man), ज्ञान (jñān)

3. title, name

   Synonyms: नाम (nām), शीर्षक (śīrṣak)

4. (grammar) noun

   Synonym: (less common) इस्म (ism)

Declension

Declension of संज्ञा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संज्ञा saṅgyā	संज्ञाएँ saṅgyāẽ
oblique	संज्ञा saṅgyā	संज्ञाओं saṅgyāõ
vocative	संज्ञा saṅgyā	संज्ञाओ saṅgyāo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संज्ञा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संज्ञा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “संज्ञा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংজ্ঞা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
• সংজ্ঞা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သံဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
• સંજ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
• សំជ្ញា (Khmer script)
• ສໍຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
• സംജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସଂଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සංඥා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸஂஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
• సంజ్ఞా (Telugu script)
• สํชฺญา (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, “with”) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

Root

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā)

1. to agree together, be of the same opinion, be in harmony with
2. to obey
3. to appoint, assign, intend (for any purpose), destine
4. to direct, order, command
5. to acknowledge, recognize, own
6. to acknowledge or claim as one's own, take possession of
7. to think of, recollect sorrowfully
8. to know well, understand
9. to watch for
10. to cause to be of the same opinion or agree together
11. to cause to acquiesce or agree in (euphemistically said of a sacrificial victim, which ought not to be led forcibly to its death but made to resign itself)
12. to appease, satisfy
13. to make to be understood or known, cause to understand
14. to make signs to, communicate or make anything known by signs
15. to command, enjoin, instruct

Derived terms

• संज्ञा (saṃjñā)
• संज्ञान (saṃjñāna)

Etymology 2

From the root संज्ञा (saṃjñā) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲd͡ʑ.ɲɑː/

Noun

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā́) stem, f

1. agreement, mutual understanding, harmony
2. consciousness, clear knowledge, understanding, notion, conception
3. a sign, token, signal, gesture
4. direction
5. a track, footstep
6. a name, appellation, title, technical term
7. (grammar) the name of anything thought of as standing by itself, any noun having a special meaning
8. (grammar) a technical expression
9. (Buddhism) perception (one of the 5 skandhas)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संज्ञा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संज्ञा (saṃjñā́)	संज्ञे (saṃjñé)	संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ)
accusative	संज्ञाम् (saṃjñā́m)	संज्ञे (saṃjñé)	संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ)
instrumental	संज्ञया (saṃjñáyā) संज्ञा¹ (saṃjñā́¹)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभिः (saṃjñā́bhiḥ)
dative	संज्ञायै (saṃjñā́yai)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²)	संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ)	संज्ञानाम् (saṃjñā́nām)
locative	संज्ञायाम् (saṃjñā́yām)	संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ)	संज्ञासु (saṃjñā́su)
vocative	संज्ञे (sáṃjñe)	संज्ञे (sáṃjñe)	संज्ञाः (sáṃjñāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

संज्ञा • (saṃjñā) stem, f

1. name of a daughter of tvaṣṭṛ or viśvakarman (the wife of sūrya and mother of manu, yama and yamī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संज्ञा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संज्ञा (saṃjñā́)	संज्ञे (saṃjñé)	संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ)
accusative	संज्ञाम् (saṃjñā́m)	संज्ञे (saṃjñé)	संज्ञाः (saṃjñā́ḥ)
instrumental	संज्ञया (saṃjñáyā) संज्ञा¹ (saṃjñā́¹)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभिः (saṃjñā́bhiḥ)
dative	संज्ञायै (saṃjñā́yai)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²)	संज्ञाभ्याम् (saṃjñā́bhyām)	संज्ञाभ्यः (saṃjñā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	संज्ञायाः (saṃjñā́yāḥ) संज्ञायै² (saṃjñā́yai²)	संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ)	संज्ञानाम् (saṃjñā́nām)
locative	संज्ञायाम् (saṃjñā́yām)	संज्ञयोः (saṃjñáyoḥ)	संज्ञासु (saṃjñā́su)
vocative	संज्ञे (sáṃjñe)	संज्ञे (sáṃjñe)	संज्ञाः (sáṃjñāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1133.