संशय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संशय (saṃśaya).

Pronunciation

Noun

संशय • (sañśaym (Urdu spelling سَنْشَیَہ)

  1. qualm, doubt[1]
    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.

References

  1. ^ Collins dictionary (10 February 2020), “संशय hindi meaning”, in Collins dictionary[1], archived from the original on 6 November 2023

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संशय (saṃśaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səu.ɕəj/

Noun

संशय • (sauśaym

  1. suspicion, doubt
    Synonym: शंका (śaṅkā)
    अपराधी मनाला संशय नेहमी पछाडतो।
    aprādhī manālā sauśay nehmī pachāḍto.
    Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.

Declension

Declension of संशय (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
संशय
sauśay
direct
plural
संशय
sauśay
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
संशय
sauśay
संशय
sauśay
oblique
सामान्यरूप
संशया
sauśayā
संशयां-
sauśayān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
संशयाला
sauśayālā
संशयांना
sauśayānnā
ergative संशयाने, संशयानं
sauśayāne, sauśayāna
संशयांनी
sauśayānnī
instrumental संशयाशी
sauśayāśī
संशयांशी
sauśayānśī
locative
सप्तमी
संशयात
sauśayāt
संशयांत
sauśayāt
vocative
संबोधन
संशया
sauśayā
संशयांनो
sauśayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of संशय (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
संशयाचा
sauśayāċā
संशयाचे
sauśayāċe
संशयाची
sauśayācī
संशयाच्या
sauśayācā
संशयाचे, संशयाचं
sauśayāċe, sauśayāċa
संशयाची
sauśayācī
संशयाच्या
sauśayācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
संशयांचा
sauśayānċā
संशयांचे
sauśayānċe
संशयांची
sauśayāñcī
संशयांच्या
sauśayāncā
संशयांचे, संशयांचं
sauśayānċe, sauśayānċa
संशयांची
sauśayāñcī
संशयांच्या
sauśayāñcā
* 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

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “संशय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

सं- (saṃ-, with, syn-) +‎ शय (śaya, lying, sleeping). The original sense, attested in lexicographic dictionaries, was "lying down to rest", with semantic shift to "those uncertainties that lie beside oneself".

Pronunciation

Noun

संशय • (saṃśaya) stemm

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संशय
singular dual plural
nominative संशयः (saṃśayaḥ) संशयौ (saṃśayau)
संशया¹ (saṃśayā¹)
संशयाः (saṃśayāḥ)
संशयासः¹ (saṃśayāsaḥ¹)
accusative संशयम् (saṃśayam) संशयौ (saṃśayau)
संशया¹ (saṃśayā¹)
संशयान् (saṃśayān)
instrumental संशयेन (saṃśayena) संशयाभ्याम् (saṃśayābhyām) संशयैः (saṃśayaiḥ)
संशयेभिः¹ (saṃśayebhiḥ¹)
dative संशयाय (saṃśayāya) संशयाभ्याम् (saṃśayābhyām) संशयेभ्यः (saṃśayebhyaḥ)
ablative संशयात् (saṃśayāt) संशयाभ्याम् (saṃśayābhyām) संशयेभ्यः (saṃśayebhyaḥ)
genitive संशयस्य (saṃśayasya) संशययोः (saṃśayayoḥ) संशयानाम् (saṃśayānām)
locative संशये (saṃśaye) संशययोः (saṃśayayoḥ) संशयेषु (saṃśayeṣu)
vocative संशय (saṃśaya) संशयौ (saṃśayau)
संशया¹ (saṃśayā¹)
संशयाः (saṃśayāḥ)
संशयासः¹ (saṃśayāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Bengali: সংশয় (śoṅśoẏ) (learned)
  • Hindi: संशय (sañśay)
  • 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)
    • Thai: สงสัย (sǒng-sǎi) (learned)
  • Marathi: संशय (sauśay)
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਸਾ (sansā)

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