सञ्चार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সঞ্চাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬜ᭄ᬘᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• সঞ্চার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သဉ္စာရ (Burmese script)
• સઞ્ચાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸਞ੍ਚਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦚ꧀ꦕꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಞ್ಚಾರ (Kannada script)
• សញ្ចារ (Khmer script)
• ສຎ຺ຈາຣ (Lao script)
• സഞ്ചാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᡛᢋᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସଞ୍ଚାର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢛ꣄ꢗꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සඤ්‍චාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸஞ்சார (Tamil script)
• సఞ్చార (Telugu script)
• สญฺจาร (Thai script)
• ས་ཉྩཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *samčāras. By surface analysis, सम् (sam, “with, together”) +‎ चार (cāra, “motion, course, action”). Cognate with Persian هنجار (hanjâr)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲˈt͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

सञ्चार • (sañcāra) stem, ?

1. communication
2. way
3. transit

Descendants

• → Hindi: संचार (sañcār)
• → Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (sañcāraṁ)

References

• “सञ्चार”, in Sanskrit Dictionary, 2023