संख्या

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /səŋ.kʰjɑː/, [s̪ə̃ŋ.kʰjäː]

Noun

संख्या (saṅkhyā) f (Urdu spelling سنکھیہ)

  1. number
    Synonym: अंक (aṅk)
  2. reckoning, counting
  3. a calculation
  4. (grammar) number

Declension

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səŋ.kʰja/

Noun

संख्या (saṅkhyā) f

  1. number
  2. reckoning, counting
  3. a calculation
  4. (grammar) number

Declension

Declension of संख्या (saṅkhyā)
direct
singular
संख्या
saṅkhyā
direct
plural
संख्या
saṅkhyā
singular plural
nominative संख्या
saṅkhyā
संख्या
saṅkhyā
oblique संख्ये-
saṅkhye-
संख्यां-
saṅkhyāN-
dative संख्येला
saṅkhyelā
संख्यांना
saṅkhyāNnā
ergative संख्येने
saṅkhyene
संख्यांनी
saṅkhyāNni
instrumental संख्येशी
saṅkhyeśi
संख्यांशी
saṅkhyāNśi
locative संख्येत
saṅkhyet
संख्यांत
saṅkhyāNt
vocative संख्ये
saṅkhye
संख्यांनो
saṅkhyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of संख्या
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject संख्येचा
saṅkhyeċā
संख्येचे
saṅkhyece
संख्येची
saṅkhyeci
संख्येच्या
saṅkhyeca
संख्येचे, संख्येचं
saṅkhyece, saṅkhyeċa
संख्येची
saṅkhyeci
संख्येच्या
saṅkhyeca
plural subject संख्यांचा
saṅkhyāNċā
संख्यांचे
saṅkhyāNce
संख्यांची
saṅkhyāNci
संख्यांच्या
saṅkhyāNca
संख्यांचे, संख्यांचं
saṅkhyāNce, saṅkhyāNċa
संख्यांची
saṅkhyāNci
संख्यांच्या
saṅkhyāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “संख्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), संख्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) + ख्या (khyā, root).

Pronunciation

Noun

संख्या (saṃkhyā) f

  1. a number, sum, total
  2. reckoning or summing up
  3. numeration
  4. calculation

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of संख्या (saṃkhyā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative संख्या
saṃkhyā
संख्ये
saṃkhye
संख्याः
saṃkhyāḥ
Vocative संख्ये
saṃkhye
संख्ये
saṃkhye
संख्याः
saṃkhyāḥ
Accusative संख्याम्
saṃkhyām
संख्ये
saṃkhye
संख्याः
saṃkhyāḥ
Instrumental संख्यया / संख्या¹
saṃkhyayā / saṃkhyā¹
संख्याभ्याम्
saṃkhyābhyām
संख्याभिः
saṃkhyābhiḥ
Dative संख्यायै
saṃkhyāyai
संख्याभ्याम्
saṃkhyābhyām
संख्याभ्यः
saṃkhyābhyaḥ
Ablative संख्यायाः
saṃkhyāyāḥ
संख्याभ्याम्
saṃkhyābhyām
संख्याभ्यः
saṃkhyābhyaḥ
Genitive संख्यायाः
saṃkhyāyāḥ
संख्ययोः
saṃkhyayoḥ
संख्यानाम्
saṃkhyānām
Locative संख्यायाम्
saṃkhyāyām
संख्ययोः
saṃkhyayoḥ
संख्यासु
saṃkhyāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • संख्या” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 575.
  • Monier Williams (1899), संख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1128.
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