संख्या

See also: सांख्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səŋ.kʰjɑː/, [sɐ̃ŋ.kʰjäː]

Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f (Urdu spelling سنکھیہ)

1. number

   Synonym: अंक (aṅk)

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

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संख्या”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “संख्या”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f

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

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

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Sanskrit

Noun

संख्या • (saṃkhyā) stem, f

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

Descendants

• Pali: saṅkhyā
  • Burmese: သင်္ချာ (sanghkya)

References

• Cappeller, Carl 1891: A Sanskrit-English dictionary, Strassburg.
• Monier-Williams, Monier 1899: Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford.