सामना sāmnā

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Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Confronting, encountering, meeting face to face.
Opposition, resistance.
Competition, rivalry.
Match, comparison.
Front, front part, frontage (of a house).

Usual translation

  1. facing

Origin of the definition

सामना sāmanā sa:mnā: (nm) confrontation, encounter, meeting; opposition; frontage.

सामना sāmnā [cf. saṁmukha-], m. 1. confronting, encountering; meeting face to face. 2. opposition, resistance. 3. competition, rivalry. 4. match, comparison. 5. front, front part; frontage (of a house). — ~ करना (का), to confront; to oppose; to compete (with); to be compared (to); to show insolence or overbearingness (to).

H سامنا सामना sāmnā = H سامهنا साम्हना sāmhnā [Prk. संमुहडओ; S. सम्मुख+ल+कः], s.m. Encountering, confronting, meeting, opposing, facing; opposition; front, front part: — sāmnā (or sāmhnā) karnā (-kā), To confront, face, encounter, oppose; to be insolent: — sāmne or sāmhne, postpn. Before, facing, in front (of, -ke, or mere, &c.), in presence (of); confronting, opposite, over against; by the side (of), in comparison (with); — sāmne-kā or sāmhne-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Confronting, opposite; of or appertaining to (one's) presence or life-time or age (e.g. sāmne-kī bāt, 'A thing said or done in (one's) presence, or during (one's) life-time'): — sāmne-kī nāp (in Math.) A secant: — sāmne (or sāmhne) honā (with gen.), To come in front, come forward, come before (one); to confront, oppose, brave, defy.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Mamma

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Sunday 3 January 2021
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