समाज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.mɑːd͡ʒ/, [s̪ə.mäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

समाज • (samāj) m (Urdu spelling سماج‎)

1. society, community
2. an association

   श्री माहेश्वरी समाज, जयपुर

   śrī māheśvarī samāj, jaypur

   Sri Maheshwari Samaj, Jaipur

Declension

Declension of समाज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	समाज samāj	समाज samāj
oblique	समाज samāj	समाजों samājõ
vocative	समाज samāj	समाजो samājo

Derived terms

• आर्य समाज (ārya samāj)
• समाजवाद (samājvād)
• समाजवादी (samājvādī)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mad͡ʑ/

Noun

समाज • (samāj) m

1. society, community

Declension

Declension of समाज (samāj)
direct singular	समाज samāj
direct plural	समाज samāj
	singular		plural
nominative	समाज samāj		समाज samāj
oblique	समाजा- samājā-		समाजां- samājāN-
dative	समाजाला samājālā		समाजांना samājāNnā
ergative	समाजाने samājāne		समाजांनी samājāNni
instrumental	समाजाशी samājāśi		समाजांशी samājāNśi
locative	समाजात samājāt		समाजांत samājāNt
vocative	समाजा samājā		समाजांनो samājāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of समाज
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	समाजाचा samājāċā	समाजाचे samājāce	समाजाची samājāci	समाजाच्या samājāca	समाजाचे, समाजाचं samājāce, samājāċa	समाजाची samājāci	समाजाच्या samājāca
plural subject	समाजांचा samājāNċā	समाजांचे samājāNce	समाजांची samājāNci	समाजांच्या samājāNca	समाजांचे, समाजांचं samājāNce, samājāNċa	समाजांची samājāNci	समाजांच्या samājāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• समाजवाद (samājvād, “socialism”)
• समाजवादी (samājvādī, “socialist”)
• समाजशास्त्र (samājśāstra, “social science”)
• सामाजिक (sāmājik, “social”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “समाज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌmä(d)z]
• Phonetic Devanagari: समाज्

Noun

समाज • (samāj)

1. society, community

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬫᬵᬚ (Balinese script)
• সমাজ (Assamese script)
• সমাজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰦𑰯𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀫𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌜 (Grantha script)
• સમાજ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਮਾਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦩꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
• សមាជ (Khmer script)
• ಸಮಾಜ (Kannada script)
• ສມາຊ (Lao script)
• സമാജ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘦𑘰𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• သမာဇ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧆𑧑𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐩𑐵𑐖 (Newa script)
• ସମାଜ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢪꢵꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆩𑆳𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖦𑖯𑖕 (Siddham script)
• සමාජ (Sinhalese script)
• సమాజ (Telugu script)
• สมาช (Thai script)
• ས་མཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒧𑒰𑒖 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ अज् (aj).

Noun

समाज • (samāja) m

1. society, assembly, conclave

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of समाज (samāja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	समाजः samājaḥ	समाजौ samājau	समाजाः / समाजासः¹ samājāḥ / samājāsaḥ¹
Vocative	समाज samāja	समाजौ samājau	समाजाः / समाजासः¹ samājāḥ / samājāsaḥ¹
Accusative	समाजम् samājam	समाजौ samājau	समाजान् samājān
Instrumental	समाजेन samājena	समाजाभ्याम् samājābhyām	समाजैः / समाजेभिः¹ samājaiḥ / samājebhiḥ¹
Dative	समाजाय samājāya	समाजाभ्याम् samājābhyām	समाजेभ्यः samājebhyaḥ
Ablative	समाजात् samājāt	समाजाभ्याम् samājābhyām	समाजेभ्यः samājebhyaḥ
Genitive	समाजस्य samājasya	समाजयोः samājayoḥ	समाजानाम् samājānām
Locative	समाजे samāje	समाजयोः samājayoḥ	समाजेषु samājeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “समाज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1153.