संदेह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संदेह (saṃdeha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.d̪eːɦ/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪eːʱ]

Noun

संदेह • (sandeh) m (Urdu spelling سَنْدیہ)

1. mistrust, doubt; uncertainty

   Synonyms: शक (śak), रैब (raib), संशय (sañśay), गुमान (gumān)

Declension

Declension of संदेह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	संदेह sandeh	संदेह sandeh
oblique	संदेह sandeh	संदेहों sandehõ
vocative	संदेह sandeh	संदेहो sandeho

Derived terms

• निस्संदेह (nissandeh)
• संदेह करना (sandeh karnā, “to doubt”)

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংদেহ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬤᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
• সংদেহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰟𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• သံဒေဟ (Burmese script)
• સંદેહ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਦੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌦𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦢꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂠𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂದೇಹ (Kannada script)
• សំទេហ (Khmer script)
• ສໍເທຫ (Lao script)
• സംദേഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡩᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘟𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦿𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐡𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
• ସଂଦେହ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢣꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆢𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖟𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
• සංදෙහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩭𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚛𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஸஂதே³ஹ (Tamil script)
• సందేహ (Telugu script)
• สํเทห (Thai script)
• སཾ་དེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒠𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨛𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root संदिह् (saṃdih, “to doubt”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dɐj.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪ˈd̪eː.ɦɐ/

Noun

संदेह • (saṃdehá) stem, m

1. a conglomeration or conglutination (of material elements)
2. doubt, uncertainty
3. (in rhetoric) a figure of speech expressive of doubt
4. risk, danger

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संदेह (saṃdehá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संदेहः saṃdeháḥ	संदेहौ / संदेहा¹ saṃdehaú / saṃdehā́¹	संदेहाः / संदेहासः¹ saṃdehā́ḥ / saṃdehā́saḥ¹
Vocative	संदेह sáṃdeha	संदेहौ / संदेहा¹ sáṃdehau / sáṃdehā¹	संदेहाः / संदेहासः¹ sáṃdehāḥ / sáṃdehāsaḥ¹
Accusative	संदेहम् saṃdehám	संदेहौ / संदेहा¹ saṃdehaú / saṃdehā́¹	संदेहान् saṃdehā́n
Instrumental	संदेहेन saṃdehéna	संदेहाभ्याम् saṃdehā́bhyām	संदेहैः / संदेहेभिः¹ saṃdehaíḥ / saṃdehébhiḥ¹
Dative	संदेहाय saṃdehā́ya	संदेहाभ्याम् saṃdehā́bhyām	संदेहेभ्यः saṃdehébhyaḥ
Ablative	संदेहात् saṃdehā́t	संदेहाभ्याम् saṃdehā́bhyām	संदेहेभ्यः saṃdehébhyaḥ
Genitive	संदेहस्य saṃdehásya	संदेहयोः saṃdeháyoḥ	संदेहानाम् saṃdehā́nām
Locative	संदेहे saṃdehé	संदेहयोः saṃdeháyoḥ	संदेहेषु saṃdehéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਸੰਦੇਹ (sandeh)
• → Tamil: சந்தேகம் (cantēkam)
• → Malayalam: സന്ദേഹം (sandēhaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संदेह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1143.