संशय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संशय (saṃśaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.ʃəj/, [sɐ̃ɲ.ʃɐj]

Noun

संशय • (sañśay) m (Urdu spelling سَنْشَیَہ or سَنْشَئے)

1. qualm, doubt

   Synonyms: शक (śak), संदेह (sandeh), रैब (raib), गुमान (gumān), भरम (bharam)

   वह शास्तर जहाँ किसी भी संशय नहीँ है

   vah śāstar jahā̃ kisī bhī sañśay nahī̃ hai

   That is the book in which no qualm.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংশয় (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬰᬬ (Balinese script)
• সংশয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰫𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀰𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သံၐယ (Burmese script)
• સંશય (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਸ਼ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌶𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦯꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂬𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಶಯ (Kannada script)
• សំឝយ (Khmer script)
• ສໍຨຍ (Lao script)
• സംശയ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡧᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘫𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧋𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐱𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସଂଶଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢯꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆯𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖫𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සංශය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩿𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚧𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸஂஶய (Tamil script)
• సంశయ (Telugu script)
• สํศย (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཤ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒬𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨮𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ɕɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ̃.ɕɐ.jɐ/

Noun

संशय • (saṃśaya) stem, m

1. doubt; uncertainty; irresolution; hesitation
2. danger

Descendants

• → Bengali: সংশয় (śoṅśoẏ) (learned)
• Niya Prakrit: 𐨯𐨎𐨭𐨩 (saṃśaya), 𐨯𐨎𐨕𐨩 (saṃcaya)
• Pali: saṃsaya
  • → Burmese: သံသယ (samsa.ya.) (learned)
  • → Khmer: សង្ស័យ (sɑngsay) (learned)
  • → Lao: ສົງໃສ (song sai), ສົງໄສ (song sai) (learned)
  • → Malay: (learned)
    • Indonesian: sangsi
  • → Thai: สงสัย (sǒng-sǎi) (learned)
• → Tamil: ஐயம் (aiyam)

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “संशय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁśaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press