संदेह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संदेह (saṃdeha).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən.d̪eːɦ/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪eːʱ]

Noun

संदेह • (sandeh) m (Urdu spelling سَنْدیہہ)

mistrust, doubt; uncertainty
Synonyms: शक (śak), रैब (raib), संशय (sañśay), गुमान (gumān)

Declension

Declension of *संदेह* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	संदेह sandeh	संदेह sandeh
oblique	संदेह sandeh	संदेहों sandehõ
vocative	संदेह sandeh	संदेहो sandeho

Derived terms

निस्संदेह (nissandeh)
संदेह करना (sandeh karnā, “to doubt”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संदेह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

সংদেহ (Assamese script)
ᬲᬂᬤᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
সংদেহ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰽𑰟𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
သံဒေဟ (Burmese script)
સંદેહ (Gujarati script)
ਸਂਦੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌂𑌦𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦁꦢꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂁𑂠𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
ಸಂದೇಹ (Kannada script)
សំទេហ (Khmer script)
ສໍເທຫ (Lao script)
സംദേഹ (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡩᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘽𑘟𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧞𑦿𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑄𑐡𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
ସଂଦେହ (Odia script)
ꢱꢀꢣꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆁𑆢𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖽𑖟𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
සංදෙහ (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑪖𑩭𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚫𑚛𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
ஸஂதே³ஹ (Tamil script)
సందేహ (Telugu script)
สํเทห (Thai script)
སཾ་དེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓀𑒠𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨸𑨛𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root संदिह् (saṃdih, “to doubt”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dɐj.ɦɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪.d̪eː.ɦɐ/

Noun

सं॒दे॒ह • (saṃdehá) stem, m

a conglomeration or conglutination (of material elements)
doubt, uncertainty
(in rhetoric) a figure of speech expressive of doubt
risk, danger

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सं॒दे॒ह
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सं॒दे॒हः (saṃdeháḥ)	सं॒दे॒हौ (saṃdeháu) सं॒दे॒हा¹ (saṃdehā́¹)	सं॒दे॒हाः (saṃdehā́ḥ) सं॒दे॒हासः॑¹ (saṃdehā́saḥ¹)
accusative	सं॒दे॒हम् (saṃdehám)	सं॒दे॒हौ (saṃdeháu) सं॒दे॒हा¹ (saṃdehā́¹)	सं॒दे॒हान् (saṃdehā́n)
instrumental	सं॒दे॒हेन॑ (saṃdehéna)	सं॒दे॒हाभ्या॑म् (saṃdehā́bhyām)	सं॒दे॒हैः (saṃdeháiḥ) सं॒दे॒हेभिः॑¹ (saṃdehébhiḥ¹)
dative	सं॒दे॒हाय॑ (saṃdehā́ya)	सं॒दे॒हाभ्या॑म् (saṃdehā́bhyām)	सं॒दे॒हेभ्यः॑ (saṃdehébhyaḥ)
ablative	सं॒दे॒हात् (saṃdehā́t)	सं॒दे॒हाभ्या॑म् (saṃdehā́bhyām)	सं॒दे॒हेभ्यः॑ (saṃdehébhyaḥ)
genitive	सं॒दे॒हस्य॑ (saṃdehásya)	सं॒दे॒हयोः॑ (saṃdeháyoḥ)	सं॒दे॒हाना॑म् (saṃdehā́nām)
locative	सं॒दे॒हे (saṃdehé)	सं॒दे॒हयोः॑ (saṃdeháyoḥ)	सं॒दे॒हेषु॑ (saṃdehéṣu)
vocative	संदे॑ह (sáṃdeha)	संदे॑हौ (sáṃdehau) संदे॑हा¹ (sáṃdehā¹)	संदे॑हाः (sáṃdehāḥ) संदे॑हासः¹ (sáṃdehāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Punjabi: ਸੰਦੇਹ (sandeh)
→ Tamil: சந்தேகம் (cantēkam)
→ Malayalam: സന്ദേഹം (sandēhaṁ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “संदेह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1143.