संचार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संचार (saṃcāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən.t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃n.t͡ʃäːɾ]

Noun

संचार • (sañcār) m

1. communication

   संचार करने के लिए माध्यम की आवश्यकता है।

   sañcār karne ke lie mādhyam kī āvaśyaktā hai.

   Communication requires a medium.

Declension

Declension of संचार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संचार sañcār	संचार sañcār
oblique	संचार sañcār	संचारों sañcārõ
vocative	संचार sañcār	संचारो sañcāro

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “संचार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4853
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “संचार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 759
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “संचार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 964
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “संचार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 622.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• सञ्चार (sañcāra)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংচাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬘᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• সংচার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰓𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သံစာရ (Burmese script)
• સંચાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਚਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌚𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦕꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂒𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಚಾರ (Kannada script)
• សំចារ (Khmer script)
• ສໍຈາຣ (Lao script)
• സംചാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘓𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢋᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦳𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐔𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସଂଚାର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢗꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆖𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖓𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සංචාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩡𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚏𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸஂசார (Tamil script)
• సంచార (Telugu script)
• สํจาร (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཙཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒔𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨣𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *samčāras. By surface analysis, सम् (sam, “with, together”) +‎ चार (cāra, “motion, course, action”). Cognate with Persian هنجار (hanjâr)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

संचार • (saṃcāra) stem, m

1. walking about, wandering, roaming
2. transit, passage
3. way, path
4. transmission, contagion
5. leading

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संचार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	संचारः (saṃcāraḥ)	संचारौ (saṃcārau) संचारा¹ (saṃcārā¹)	संचाराः (saṃcārāḥ) संचारासः¹ (saṃcārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	संचारम् (saṃcāram)	संचारौ (saṃcārau) संचारा¹ (saṃcārā¹)	संचारान् (saṃcārān)
instrumental	संचारेण (saṃcāreṇa)	संचाराभ्याम् (saṃcārābhyām)	संचारैः (saṃcāraiḥ) संचारेभिः¹ (saṃcārebhiḥ¹)
dative	संचाराय (saṃcārāya)	संचाराभ्याम् (saṃcārābhyām)	संचारेभ्यः (saṃcārebhyaḥ)
ablative	संचारात् (saṃcārāt)	संचाराभ्याम् (saṃcārābhyām)	संचारेभ्यः (saṃcārebhyaḥ)
genitive	संचारस्य (saṃcārasya)	संचारयोः (saṃcārayoḥ)	संचाराणाम् (saṃcārāṇām)
locative	संचारे (saṃcāre)	संचारयोः (saṃcārayoḥ)	संचारेषु (saṃcāreṣu)
vocative	संचार (saṃcāra)	संचारौ (saṃcārau) संचारा¹ (saṃcārā¹)	संचाराः (saṃcārāḥ) संचारासः¹ (saṃcārāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: संचार (sañcār)
• → Malayalam: സഞ്ചാരം (sañcāraṁ)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “संचार”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899), “संचार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1131, column 3.