सामान

See also: सामने, सुम्न, समान, सामन्, and सामना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَامَان (sāmān). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi ساماں (samaṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɑː.mɑːn/, [säː.mä̃ːn], /sə.mɑːn/, [sɐ.mä̃ːn]

Noun

सामान • (sāmān) m (Urdu spelling سَامَان) (collectively)

1. luggage, baggage
2. goods, chattels

   Synonym: सामग्री (sāmagrī)

3. equipment, apparatus
4. provisions, material
5. (informal) belongings, things, stuff

Declension

Declension of सामान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सामान sāmān	सामान sāmān
oblique	सामान sāmān	सामानों sāmānõ
vocative	सामान sāmān	सामानो sāmāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सामान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَامَان (sāmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑːmɑːn]

Noun

सामान • (sāmān) n (Latin script saman, Kannada script ಸಾಮಾನ)

1. stuff, things
2. luggage

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَامَان (sāmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.man/

Noun

सामान • (sāmān) n

1. (informal) stuff, collection of things
2. materials
3. luggage, goods

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “सामान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सामान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “सामान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सामान (sāmān), from Classical Persian سَامَان (sāmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sämän]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सामान्

Noun

सामान • (sāmān) (collectively)

1. luggage, baggage
2. goods, chattels
3. materials

Further reading

• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “सामान”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar