संगम

Hindi

FWOTD – 5 February 2018

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संगम (saṃgama).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səŋ.ɡəm/, [sɐ̃ŋ.ɡɐ̃m]

Noun

संगम • (saṅgam) m (Urdu spelling سنگم)

1. meeting, coming together, association

   Synonyms: मेल (mel), मिलाप (milāp)

2. confluence, junction
   1. (Hinduism) the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna at Allahabad
      • 2017 November 1, Srishti Verma, “शुभ नहीं सामान्य, इलाहाबाद में गंगा हुई पूर्ववाहिनी; संगम हुआ दूर [śubh nahī̃ sāmānya, ilāhābād mẽ gaṅgā huī pūrvavāhinī; saṅgam huā dūr]”, in Dainik Jagran‎^[1]:

        एक पखवाड़े में संगम का इतना खिसक जाना न तो पुरोहितों को पच पा रहा है और न ही नाविकों की समझ में यह बात आ रही है।

        ek pakhvāṛe mẽ saṅgam kā itnā khisak jānā na to purohitõ ko pac pā rahā hai aur na hī nāvikõ kī samajh mẽ yah bāt ā rahī hai.

        The sudden changing [of the course of] the sangam within just a fortnight is confusing both priests as well as sailors.

3. company, amity
4. (historical) the Sangam period of ancient Tamil Nadu
5. (literary) sexual union, sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of संगम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संगम saṅgam	संगम saṅgam
oblique	संगम saṅgam	संगमों saṅgamõ
vocative	संगम saṅgam	संगमो saṅgamo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संगम (saṃgama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səŋ.ɡəm/

Noun

संगम • (saṅgam) m

1. meeting, coming together, association
2. confluence, junction

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• সংগম (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬕᬫ (Balinese script)
• সংগম (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰐𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• သံဂမ (Burmese script)
• સંગમ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਗਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦒꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂏𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಗಮ (Kannada script)
• សំគម (Khmer script)
• ສໍຄມ (Lao script)
• സംഗമ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡤᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘐𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠺᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦰𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐐𑐩 (Newa script)
• ସଂଗମ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢔꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆓𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖐𑖦 (Siddham script)
• සංගම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩞𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚌𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஸஂக³ம (Tamil script)
• సంగమ (Telugu script)
• สํคม (Thai script)
• སཾ་ག་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒑𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨍𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-, “together, com-”) +‎ गम् (gam, “go”). Compare Persian انجام.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐŋ.ɡɐ.mɐ/

Noun

संगम • (saṃgamá) stem, m or n (root संगम्)

1. a coming together, meeting, union
2. intercourse or association with
3. connection, contact
4. sexual union
5. confluence (of rivers)
6. conjunction (of planets)
7. harmony, adaptation
8. gathering

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संगम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संगमः (saṃgamaḥ)	संगमौ (saṃgamau) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)	संगमाः (saṃgamāḥ) संगमासः¹ (saṃgamāsaḥ¹)
accusative	संगमम् (saṃgamam)	संगमौ (saṃgamau) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)	संगमान् (saṃgamān)
instrumental	संगमेन (saṃgamena)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमैः (saṃgamaiḥ) संगमेभिः¹ (saṃgamebhiḥ¹)
dative	संगमाय (saṃgamāya)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमेभ्यः (saṃgamebhyaḥ)
ablative	संगमात् (saṃgamāt)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमेभ्यः (saṃgamebhyaḥ)
genitive	संगमस्य (saṃgamasya)	संगमयोः (saṃgamayoḥ)	संगमानाम् (saṃgamānām)
locative	संगमे (saṃgame)	संगमयोः (saṃgamayoḥ)	संगमेषु (saṃgameṣu)
vocative	संगम (saṃgama)	संगमौ (saṃgamau) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)	संगमाः (saṃgamāḥ) संगमासः¹ (saṃgamāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of संगम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संगमम् (saṃgamam)	संगमे (saṃgame)	संगमानि (saṃgamāni) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)
accusative	संगमम् (saṃgamam)	संगमे (saṃgame)	संगमानि (saṃgamāni) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)
instrumental	संगमेन (saṃgamena)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमैः (saṃgamaiḥ) संगमेभिः¹ (saṃgamebhiḥ¹)
dative	संगमाय (saṃgamāya)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमेभ्यः (saṃgamebhyaḥ)
ablative	संगमात् (saṃgamāt)	संगमाभ्याम् (saṃgamābhyām)	संगमेभ्यः (saṃgamebhyaḥ)
genitive	संगमस्य (saṃgamasya)	संगमयोः (saṃgamayoḥ)	संगमानाम् (saṃgamānām)
locative	संगमे (saṃgame)	संगमयोः (saṃgamayoḥ)	संगमेषु (saṃgameṣu)
vocative	संगम (saṃgama)	संगमे (saṃgame)	संगमानि (saṃgamāni) संगमा¹ (saṃgamā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਗਮ (saṅgam)

  Shahmukhi script: سنگم (saṅgam)

• → Tamil: சங்கமம் (caṅkamam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “संगम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1128.