संसार

See also: ससुर and सासरा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.sɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃n.säːɾ]

Noun

संसार • (sansār) m (Urdu spelling سنسار)

1. world; mortal world

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   यह संसार केवल एक माया है।

   yah sansār keval ek māyā hai.

   The world is but an illusion.

See also

• दुनिया (duniyā), जगत् (jagat), जहान (jahān)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संसार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “संसार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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Noun

संसार • (saṃ-sāra) stem, m

1. going or wandering through, undergoing transmigration; samsara
2. course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis
3. the world, secular life, worldly illusion

   आ संसारात् ― ā saṃsārāt ― from the beginning of the world

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संसार
Nom. sg.	संसारः (saṃsāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	संसारस्य (saṃsārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संसारः (saṃsāraḥ)	संसारौ (saṃsārau)	संसाराः (saṃsārāḥ)
Vocative	संसार (saṃsāra)	संसारौ (saṃsārau)	संसाराः (saṃsārāḥ)
Accusative	संसारम् (saṃsāram)	संसारौ (saṃsārau)	संसारान् (saṃsārān)
Instrumental	संसारेण (saṃsāreṇa)	संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām)	संसारैः (saṃsāraiḥ)
Dative	संसाराय (saṃsārāya)	संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām)	संसारेभ्यः (saṃsārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	संसारात् (saṃsārāt)	संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām)	संसारेभ्यः (saṃsārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	संसारस्य (saṃsārasya)	संसारयोः (saṃsārayoḥ)	संसाराणाम् (saṃsārāṇām)
Locative	संसारे (saṃsāre)	संसारयोः (saṃsārayoḥ)	संसारेषु (saṃsāreṣu)

Descendants

• → English: samsara
• → Indonesian: sengsara
• → Hindi: संसार (sansār)
• → Khmer: សង្សារ (sɑngsaa)
• → Mongolian: сансар (sansar)
• → Polish: samsara
• → Russian: самса́ра (samsára)
• → Serbo-Croatian: samsàra/самса̀ра
• → Telugu: సంసారము (saṁsāramu)
• → Thai: สังสาร, สงสาร (sǒng-sǎan)
• → Urdu: سنسار (sansār)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संसार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1119.