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सम्मुख

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सम्मुख (sam-mukhá). By surface analysis, सम्- (sam-) + मुख (mukh). Cognate with Marathi सम्मुख (sammukh). Doublet of सामना (sāmnā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səm.mʊkʰ/, [sɐ̃m.mʊkʰ]

Adjective

सम्मुख (sammukh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سمکھ) (formal)

  1. facing, face to face with
  2. opposing, competing
  3. adapted to circumstances, fit, suitable

Adverb

सम्मुख (sammukh) (Urdu spelling سمکھ)

  1. in front of

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Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सम्मुख (sam-mukhá). Cognate with Hindustani सम्मुख / سمکھ (sammukh). Doublet of सामना (sāmnā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səm.mukʰ/, [səm.muːkʰ]

Adjective

सम्मुख (sammukh)

  1. facing or fronting, having the face opposed to, or being opposed to the face of

Further reading

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “सम्मुख”, 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), “सम्मुख”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) + मुख (múkha).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सम्मुख (sam-mukhá) stem

  1. facing, fronting, confronting, being face to face or in front of or opposite to
  2. present before the eyes
  3. being about to begin or at the beginning of
  4. directed or turned towards
  5. inclined or favourable to, propitious
  6. intent upon
  7. adapted to circumstances, fit, suitable
  8. with the mouth or face

Declension

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Derived terms

  • अभिसम्मुख (abhisammukha)
  • शत्रुसम्मुखम् (śatrusammukham)
  • सम्मुखम् (sammukham)
  • सम्मुखविनय (sammukhavinaya)
  • स्वसम्मुख (svasammukha)

Descendants

  • Pali: sammukha
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀫𑀼𑀳 (saṃmuha)
    Magadhi Prakrit:
    Maharastri Prakrit:
    Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਸਾਹਮਣਾ (sāhmaṇā)
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: સામું (sāmũ)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Marathi: सम्मुख (sammukh) (learned)
  • Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: सम्मुख (sammukh)
    Urdu: سمکھ (sammukh)
  • Malay: semuka

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