सन्नाटा sannāṭā

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Dead silence; stillness.
A numbing blow; shock.
State of fear, or consternation; stunned amazement.
A penetrating sound (having a numbing, or stunning effect: as of wind, or rain).

Usual translation

  1. dead silence

Origin of the definition

सन्नाटा sannāṭā sannā:ṭa: (nm) still; silence, quietude; —खींचना/मारना to keep still/mum; —होना to have no activity whatever; to be still; सन्नाटे में आना to be stunned/dumbfounded/stupefied.

सन्नाटा sannāṭā [? saṁnaṣṭa-; also H. sannānā], m. 1. dead silence; stillness. 2. a numbing blow; shock. 3. state of fear, or consternation; stunned amazement. 4. a penetrating sound (having a numbing, or stunning effect: as of wind, or rain). — ~ खींचना, to fall, or to become, quite silent. ~ आना (को), to receive a shock; to be utterly amazed; to be numb with fear; to faint. ~ छाना, dead silence to reign. ~ गुज़रना (पर), = next. ~ बीतना (पर), a shock to be felt (by). सन्नाटे का, adv. violent, terrible; shocking; fearsome; desolate; still. सन्नाटे में आना, to fall silent; = ~ आना, 1.-3.

H سناٿا सन्नाटा sannāṭā, सनाटा sanāṭā, सुन्नाटा sunnāṭā? [S. सन्नर्द+कः, rt. नर्द् with सम्; Prk. prob. संनड्डओ], s.m. Loud or violent sound, rumbling noise, clatter (made by wind and rain or hail, &c. at a distance), howling (of the wind), roaring, roar (of waves, or a conflagration, &c.); violent blast or gust; a dashing or driving (of rain, &c.); ringing, whizzing, whiz (of bullets, &c.); vehemence, animation, briskness and eagerness; — a transport of passion or rage; — a howling wilderness, a dreary place or spot; a stunning blow or shock; a state of alarm or terror, consternation; amazement; anything monstrous or frightful; — adj. Enormous, huge, vast, monstrous; — still, silent, lonely, dreary, desolate, frightful: — sannāṭā ānā (-ko), To receive a shock, to be shocked, be amazed, be terror-stricken, be stunned, to fall into a swoon: — sannāṭā-bītnā, Idem: — sannāṭe-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Violent, terrible, awful, fearful, monstrous, appalling, shocking; dreary, desolate: — sannāṭā guẕarnā or guẕar-jānā (-par?) = sannāṭā ānā or sannātā bītnā: — sannāṭe-meṅ rah-jānā, v.n. To fall into or continue in a state of alarm or terror, to be stricken motionless with terror or astonishment: — sannāṭā honā, v.n. To be or become motionless (with astonishment or fear, &c.), to be paralyzed (with fear, &c.).

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