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सं.

PN

Sant (abbreviated title = Saint)

संकीर्णता

 

Parochialism, narrowness, narrow-mindedness

संकोच

 

Contraction, shyness, hesitation, indeterminacy

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Transitional

संक्षिप्त

 

Brief, concise, abbreviated

संक्षेप

 

Brief form

संक्षेप में

 

In brief

संख्या

 

Number, mass, sum

संग

 

See के संग (with, together with)

संगती

M

A companion, associate

संगीत

M

The art of making music

संघर्ष

 

Struggle, conflict, strife, friction

संतरा

M

Orange

संतुष्ट

Adj

Satisfied

संतुष्टी

F

Satisfaction

संदर्भ

M

Context, contextual reference

See संदर्भ में (concerning)

संदर्भ में

 

Concerning

संदेश

 

Message

संनिद्धता

 

Closing

संनिहित

 

Together, near, contiguous, proximate, present, prepared for

संपन्न

 

Prosperous, rich, completed, accomplished, perfect, endowed with, obtained, thriving

संपूर्ण

 

Finished, whole

संपूर्णता

 

Completeness

संबंध

 

See के संबंध में : (in connection with, with regard to, concerning)

संभनकर चली

 

Watch carefully

संभलकर

 

Carefully

संभलकर चली।

 

Walk carefully

संभलना

I

To be careful

संभव

 

Possible

See:

संभव है कि...

 

It is possible that...

संभवतः

Adv

Possibly

संभवाना

C

To have an agent take care of someone or something

संभालना

T

To be supported, or propped up; to be borne (expenses); to manage; to get by (despite difficulties); to recover; to be watchful, attentive; to be curbed, checked; to help, support; to control; take care of, nourish; to supervise, handle

संभावना

 

Esteem, imagination, fitness, possibility, probability

संभाव्यतः

Adv

Presumably

संयम

 

Restraint

संवाद

 

Dialogue, conversation, discussion, news, information, message, communication

संशोधन

 

Ammendment, correction, revision, purification

संस्कृत

 

Sanskrit

संस्कृति

F

Purification; improvement; culture; civilization; Sanskrit

संस्था

 

Institution

सकना

I,T

To be able to

See: सकना पड़ना (might become necessary)

सकना पड़ना

 

Might become necessary

सकों

 

Would be able to (Informant)

सक्सैना

PN

Saksana (personal name)

सख्त

 

Strict, severe

सच

M, Adv

M: Truth

Adv: truly

सच पूछा जाये तो

 

The real thing is, truly speaking

सचमुच

Adv

Really, truly

सच्चा

 

True; truthful; genuine; sincere; loyal; faithful; just

सजना

I

To be decorated

सजावट

F

Decoration

सजीव

Adj

Living, full of life

सड़क

F

Road, street

सड़ना

I

To rot

सड़सठ

 

Sixty-seven

सतगुना

 

Seven times as much/many

सतगुना

 

Seven times

सतहत्तर

 

Seventy-seven

सत्तर

 

Seventy

सत्ता

 

Existence, power

सत्ताईस

 

Twenty-seven

सत्तावन

 

Fifty-seven

सत्तासी

 

Eighty-seven

सत्य

M

Truth

सत्यं, शिवम्, सुंदरम्

 

Truth(ful), peace(ful), and beauty(ful)

सत्रह

 

Seventeen

सत्रहवाँ

 

Seventeenth

सदा

Adv

Always

सदृश

Adj

Like, similar, alike, resembling

सदैव

 

Always, ever, forever

सद्

 

Truth, areana of eternal conflict, real, soul, good, pious, virtuous, present, true, reality

सन्

 

Year

सन्दर्भ

 

Context, contextual reference

सपरिवार

Adj

With family

सप्तम

Adj

Seventh

सफ़र

M

Journey, trip

सफल

 

Successful , fruitful

सफलता

F

Success

सफ़ाई करना

 

To do the cleaning

सफ़ेद

 

White

सब

 

Everything, all, each

सब कहीं

 

Everywhere

सब कुछ

 

Everything

सब चलता है

Id

Anything goes

सब से ज़्यादा

Adv

Most of all

सब से बढ़कर

SM

Superlative marker

सबका

 

All

सबमें

SM

Superlative marker

सबसे

SM

Superlative marker

सबेरे

Adv

In the morning

सब्ज़ी

F

Vegetable

सभी

 

All, every, each

सभ्यता

 

Civilization, courtesy

सम

Pref, Adj

(Pref) With; very; wholly; complete;

(Adj) Even, similar, entire

समकालीन

 

Contemporary

समकालीनता

F

Contemporaneity

समक्ष

 

Before, in front of, face to face with, about

समगेरैया

PN

Samageraya (personal name)

समझ

F

Understanding, intelligence

समझदार

Adj

Intelligent

समझना

T

To understand

समझवाना

C

To have an agent explain

समझा

 

Understood

समझाना

C

To explain

समझौता

M

Compromise, agreement

समताभाव

 

Equality, similarity

समन्वय

 

Connection, coordination, meeting, union, sequence, coincidence, harmony

समन्वयकारी

 

Coordinating, harmonizing

समबंधित

 

Related

समभाव

?, Adj

(?) Capacity, appropriateness, possibility, compatibility, equanimity

(Adj) possible, fit, right, proper

समय

M

(M) Time

As an imperfect participle, while

See also:

समय समय पर

Adv

Occasionally

समरप

 

See के समरप (near)

सम-सामयिक

 

Contemporary

समस्त

Adj

Thrown or put together: all, whole, entire; joined into a single unit (as a compound word); abbreviated

समस्या

 

Junction, union; Latter half of a verse; problem

See: समस्या सुलझान (to solve a problem)

समस्या सुलझाना

 

To solve a problem

समाचार

M

News

समाचारपत्र

 

Newspaper

समाज

M

Company, community, social

समाज सेवक

M

Social worker

समान

Adj

Equal, similar, alike

See के समान (similar to, like, equal to)

समानता

F

Equality , similarity

समाहार

M

Collection, accumulation, concentration; procuration; totality; conjunction of words or sentences; compounding of words

समीक्षक

 

Reviewer

समीक्षकीय

Adj

Related to review

समीक्षा

F

Review

समीचीन

 

Appropriate, fit, proper, right, equitable

समृद्ध

 

Prosperous, rich, enriched

समॅ

F

Shame

सम्प्रदाय

 

Creed

सम्बंध

M

Relation, relationship; connection; association; affinity; rhyme, meter; the genitive or possessive case in grammar

सम्बंधित

 

Related

सम्बंधी

 

Related to (acts like a postposition)

सम्बंधी

 

Relative, relation, related to, connected with, belonging

सम्बन्ध

 

Relation, relationship; connection; association; affinity; rhyme, meter; the genitive or possessive case in grammar

सम्बन्ध में

 

See के सम्बन्ध में (in connection with, with regard to, concerning)

सम्भवतः

Adv

Possibly

सम्मेलन

M

Conference, gathering

सम्राट

?, PN

Emperor

Samrath (personal name)

सर

 

Sir

सरकार

F

Government

सरकारी

Adj

Governmental; official

सरल

 

Simple, easy, straight, straightforward

सरलता

 

Simplicity/straightness

सरसता

 

Sweetness (Kumar)

सरासर

Adv

Entirely, totally

सरीखा

Adj

Like, resembling, identical

सरोद

M

Sarod -- a musical instrument like a guitar

सर्जन

 

Creating, creation, surgeon

सर्म

F

Shame

सर्व

 

Whole

सर्वग्राही

 

Wholehearted

सर्वथा

 

Totally, completely, entirely, always

सर्वप्रथम

 

The very first

सलाह

F

Advice

सवा

 

1 1/4, N + ¼

See:

सवा दो

 

2 ¼

सवा सौ

 

125

सवाद

 

Celebration

सवाल

M

Question

सवेरे

Adv

In the morning

सशक्त

 

Forceful, powerful

सस्ता

 

Cheap

सस्नातक

PN

Snatak (personal name)

सहकार्य

M

Cooperation, collaboration

सहगान

M

Chorus

सहगामिनी

F

Co-traveler, companion

सहज

Adj

(Adj) Born together; innate; natural, instinctive; unforced, unaffected; easy, simple

(M) Full brother; natural state or disposition; the unqualified absolute, the supreme being

सहमत

 

Agreeing (with)

सहमत होना

I

To agree (with)

सहमति

F

Agreement

सहयोग

M

Cooperation, collaboration

सहर्ष

Adj

With happiness, with joy

सहसा

Adv

Suddenly

सहायक

 

Assistant, aide, helper, promoter

सहारे

 

See के सहारे

सही

?, Adj, Adv

Emphatic particle

(?) Signature

(Adj) Right, correct, true, accurate, authentic

(Adv) Properly, certainly, undoubtedly, very well

सहृदय

Adj

Compassionate, sensitive (lit., with heart)

सहेली

F

A womans female friend

सा

 

Can moderate the degree of quality, as in "rather small" or "yellowish"

Can signal likeness as in "rose like color"

साँवला

Adj

Dark complexion

सांस्कृतिक

 

Cultural

साइकिल

F

Bicycle

सागर

M, PN

Ocean

Sagara (personal name)

साठ

 

Sixty

साड़ी

F

Sari

Plural = साड़ियाँ

साढ़े

 

N + ½

सात

 

Seven

सातगुना

 

Seven times as much/many

सातवाँ

 

Seventh

साथ

Adv

With, together (with), along with

साथ ही (साथ)

Adv

Simultaneously, together, along with

साथ हो लेना

Id

To accompany; to join

साथर्कता

 

Validity

साथ-साथ

 

Together, side by side, at the same time

साथी

M

Associate, companion

साधन

M

Practice

साधना

T

Devotion, mental training, to practice

साधना

 

Accomplishment

साधारण

 

Ordinary, common

साधु

 

Sadhu (saint)

साध्य

 

Attainable

साध्वी

 

Sadhvi (chaste woman)

सापेक्ष

 

Qualified, relative, conditional

साफ़

 

Clean

साफ़ करना

 

To clean

साफ़-साफ़

Adv

Clearly; frankly; openly

सामग्री

 

Matter, material, things, data, furniture, tools, apparatus, articles, scenery

सामने

 

In front, opposite

See के सामने (in front of)

सामाजिक

Adj

Social

सामान

M

Furniture, things

सामान्य

 

Ordinary, general

सामान्य रूप से

 

Generally

सामान्यतः

 

Generally

सामान्यतया

 

Generally

साम्प्रदायिक

 

Traditional, communal, denominational. Communal carries a negative connotation on the subcontinent and can be translated sectarian.

सारा

 

All, whole, entire

सारी

F

Sari

सारे साल

 

All year

सार्थकता

 

Significance, use, purpose

साल

M

Year

साल भर

 

All year

सालवणिया

 

Salavaniya (personal name)

सालाना

Adj

Annual

सावछानी से

Adv

Carefully

सावधान

 

Watch out, be careful

सास

F

Mother-in-law

साहब

M

Mister

साहित्य

M

Literature

See

साहित्यकार

M

Author

साहित्यिक

 

Author

सिंह

PN

Singh (personal name)

सिखवाना

C

To cause to be taught

सिखाना

C, T

To teach

सिज़ाज

M

Temperament

सितम्बर

M

September

सितारा

M

Star

सिद्ध

 

Proved, completed, established, fulfilled, attained

सिद्ध पद

 

Blessed state (Kumar)

सिद्धलोक

 

Siddhalok, the supreme world, habitation of supreme beings.

सिद्धान्त

 

Doctrine, principle, canon, theory

सिद्धि

Adj, ?

(Adj) Accomplished, proved, perfected, celebrated

(?) Success, accomplishment. There are 8 siddhis सिद्धि which imparts the power to obtain every desired object.

सिनेमा

?

Cinema

सिन्हा

PN

Sinha (personal name)

सिपही

F

Soldier

सिर पर होना

Id

Something unpleasant or difficult that lies ahead or needs to be finished

सिर में दर्द होना

 

An expression of mild disgust and boredom similar to the English "it gives me a headache

सिरदर्द

M

Headache

सिर्फ़

 

Only, merely

सिलवाना

C

To have an agent sew

सिलसीले में

 

In connection with

See:

सिलाई करना

 

To be engaged in sewing

सिवा

 

See के सिवा (except (for), apart from)

सिवाय

 

See के सिवाय (except for, apart from)

सी

 

Can moderate the degree of quality, as in "rather small" or "yellowish"

Can signal likeness as in "rose like color"

सीखना

T

To learn

सीद़ी

F

Ladder, stair step

सीधा

Adj

Simple, straight, direct

सीधापन

M

Simplicity, directness

सीधे

Adv

Straight ahead

सीना

T

To sew

सीमित

 

Restricted, limited, bounded, qualified

सुँघाना

T

To smell

सुंदर

 

Beautiful

सुकर्म

M

Good deed, good action

सुख

M

Happiness; pleasure; joy; ease, comfort; convenience; prosperity; rest, relief; peace

See:

सुख-दुख

 

Happiness-sadness

सुखलाल

PN

Sukalal (personal name)

सुखी

Adj

Happy

सुगंध

F

Good smell, fragrance

सुगठित

 

Shapely, well built, muscular, well-organized

सुडौल

Adj

Well built, strong; shapely, graceful

सुदर्शन चरित

LT

Sudarshan Story (literary title) Sudarshan = a sister of Mahavira, charita = story

सुधर्मा

 

Sudharma (personal name)

सुधारो

 

Improvement

सुनना

T

To listen, to hear

सुनवाना

C

To have an agent tell, relate, or recite

सुनाई देना

 

To be audible, heard

सुनाना

C

To tell, to relate, to recite, to cause to listen

सुनिये

 

Please listen

सुनो

 

Listen

सुन्दर

 

Beautiful, handsome

सुन्दरता

F

Beauty

सुपुत्र

M

Good son

सुबह

F, Adv

Morning, in the morning

सुबह को

F, Adv

This morning, in the morning

सुबह-शाम

 

Morning and/or evening

सुमदू

M

Ocean

सुरक्षित

Adj

Well-protected

सुरेन्द्र

 

Surendra = Indra, king of gods

सुरेन्दनाथ

PN

Surendanath (personal name)

सुरेन्द्रनाथ

 

Surendranat (personal name)

सुलभ

 

Easy, accessible, available, ahndy, fit, proper, appropriate, useful

सुलवाना

C

To have an agent put someone to sleep

सुलाना

T

To put someone to sleep

सुवेरे

 

In the morning

सुव्रतस्वामी

 

Subratswami (personal name)

सुशक्षित

 

Well educated

सुशीला

LT

Sushila (novel title) a novel by Gopaldas Baraiya and the name of a woman

सुषमा

F

Splendor

सुष्मा

PN

Sushma (personal name)

सुसंस्कृत

 

Cultured

सुस्पष्ट

 

Very clear, distinct, intelligible

सूकना

I

To dry up

सूक्ष्मता

 

Subtlety, fineness, precision

सूयॅ

M

Sun

सूरज

M

Sun

सूरत

F

Form, face

सूरत

F

Appearance, face; situation

सूरतलाल

PN

Suratalal (personal name)

सूर्य

M

Sun

सूर्योदय

M

Sunrise

सृजन

 

Creation

सृष्टि

F

Creating; creation, production; invention; the creation of the world; nature

से

 

From, by, with, since, than

Can express a reason, to express a change of state (Kumar, 238)

Can indicate the agent with second causative verbs as in: मैंने बच्चे को नौकर से खाना खिलवाया = I had the servant feed the child.

Translate comparative formulations, like " राम सीता से लम्बा है" Ram is taller than Sita.

Can moderate the degree of quality, as in "rather small" or "yellowish"

Can signal likeness as in "rose like color"

Sometimes appears between a reduplicated adjectives which serve to indicate a superlative (Kumar, 216)

Can mean for, of

See

से... तक

 

From... to

से दूर

PP

Far from

से नहीं होता

 

X से नहीं होता = X cannot bring himself to do it

से पहले

PP

Before; earlier than, ahead of

से पीछे

 

Behind

से बढ़कर

PP

More than, better than, superior to

से बाहर

PP

Outside of, beyond

से लेकर

PP

From, starting with; beginning from (time and space)

से होकर

Id

X से होकर: via X, through X, by way of X, via X

से... तक

 

From... to

से... नहीं (verb) जाना

 

Indicates inability or unwillingness to do something

सेठी

PN

Sehti

सेब

M

Apple, apple tree

सेहत

F

Health

सेहरबानी

 

Very kind of you!

सैंकड़ों

 

Hundreds

सैंतालीस

 

Forty-seven

सैंतीस

 

Thirty-seven

सैद्धांतिक

 

Theoretical, doctrinal

सैनिक

M

Soldier

सैर

F

Walk, stroll, trip

सो

Conj, PP

(Conj): A conjunction used to connect two ideas where the second idea is the result of the first: "so," "therefore," "hence," "for this reason"

(PP): This, these, he, she, it

सो जाना

I

To fall asleep

सोचकर

 

Thoughtfully

सोचना

T

To think

सोच-साच कर

 

Having thought thoroughly

सोना

I, M

(I): To sleep

(M) Gold

सोमवार

M

Monday

सोलह

 

Sixteen

सोलहवाँ

 

Sixteenth

सौ

 

Hundred

सौंदर्य

M

Beauty

सौगुना

 

A hundred times

सौन्दर्य

 

Beauty, loveliness

स्टवन्सन

 

Stevenson (personal name)

स्तुति

 

Quality; virtue; prayer; eulogy; praise

स्तुत्य

 

Laudable, admirable

स्थान

M

Place; locality; situation; site; house; position, post, appointment; station, rank

See के स्थान (में / पर) (instead of, in place of)

स्थापना

 

To propound, found, establish, install

स्थापित

 

Created, founded, established, installed

स्थिति

F

State, situation, circumstances, condition, position, place of residence

स्थिर

Adj

Stable, resting

स्नेहपूर्वक

 

Affectionately

स्पर्श

 

Touch, contact

स्पष्ट

 

Clear, evident

स्पष्टतः

Adv

Obviously

स्मरण

M

Memory, remembrance

स्मरणीय

Adj

Memorable

स्मृति

 

Memory; reflection; remembrance

स्व

 

Prefix denoting one's own, personal

स्व.

 

Abbreviated title ??

स्वकर्म

M

Ones own deed or action

स्वकृति

 

Personal action (?)

स्वतंत्र

 

Independent, free, self-governed

स्वतंत्रता

 

Independence, freedom

स्वतः

 

Of one's own accord, voluntarily, spontaneously

स्वदेश

M

Ones own country

स्वदेशी

Adj

Native

स्वधर्म

M

Ones own religion or duty, ones personal duty

स्वभाव

M

Ones own nature or temperament

स्वभाव

 

Nature, temperament, innate disposition, habit

स्वयं

 

Reflexive pronoun -- his/her own, himself, herself

स्वयं प्रकाशी ब्रह्म

 

Self illuminating Brahma -- supreme being (interlocutor)

स्वयम्

 

Reflexive pronoun: his/her/me, himself/herself/myself

स्वराज्य

M

Self-rule

स्वरूप

M, Adj

(M): Shape, form, nature, character, type, appearance, identity, image

(Adj): similar

स्वाभावादि

 

Temperament

स्वाभाविक

Adj

Natural; innate; peculiar

स्वाभाविकता

 

Naturalness, spontaneity

स्वामी

M

Swami; owner, proprietor; master, lord; king; title of the supreme being; head of a religious order; title given to a renowned sage or devotee; husband; lover

स्वीकार

 

Acceptance, confession, consent, promise

स्वीकारना

 

To accept; confess; recognize; grant; sanction; assent; consent

स्वीकार्य

 

Acceptable

स्वीकृत

 

Accepted, admitted, (acknowledged interlocutor)


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