# समय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समय (samayá).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sə.məj/, [sɐ.mɐj], /sə.mɛː/, [sɐ.mɛː], /sə.meː/, [sɐ.meː]

### Noun

समय • (samay) m (Urdu spelling سمئے)
* time
    Synonym: वक़्त (vaqt)
    इसमें कितना समय लगता है?ismẽ kitnā samay lagtā hai?How much time does this take?
    घर जाने का समय लगभग हो गया है।ghar jāne kā samay lagbhag ho gayā hai.It is about time to go home.
* hours
    मिलने का समय कब है? ― milne kā samay kab hai? ― When are visiting hours?

### Adverb

समय • (samay) (Urdu spelling سمئے)
* at the time that, when (after the imperfective participle ते)
    इस समय ― is samay ― At this time, now
    किस समय ― kis samay ― At what time
    किसी समय ― kisī samay ― At some time
** 2019, सुनयन शर्मा, “प्रस्तावना”, in सरिस्का, नियोगी बुक्स, →ISBN, page 8:पहली बार वर्ष 1973 में मुझे राजकीय कार्य से दिल्ली जाते समय सरिस्का के मनोहारी जंगलों से गुजरने का मौक़ा मिला ।pahlī bār varṣ 1973 mẽ mujhe rājkīya kārya se dillī jāte samay sariskā ke manohārī jaṅglõ se gujarne kā mauqā milā .I got the chance to make my way past the charming forests of Sariska for the first time when going to Delhi on government business in the year 1973.

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “समय”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “समय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समय (samaya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [səməj]

### Noun

समय • (samay) (Latin script somoi, Kannada script ಸಮಯ್)
* time
    Synonyms: वगत (vagat), वेळ (veḷ), फुर्सत (phursat)

### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समय (samaya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʌmʌe]
* Phonetic Devanagari: समए

### Noun

समय • (samaya)
* time
* schedule, hours
* chance

## Old Awadhi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit समय (samayá).

### Noun

समय (samaya)
* time
** c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :ताहि समय हनुमान महाप्रभु जाय महा रजनीचर मारो।tāhi samaya hanumāna mahāprabhu jāya mahā rajanīcara māro.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* samaya (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀫𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* সময (Bengali script)
* සමය (Sinhalese script)
* သမယ (Burmese script)
* สมย or สะมะยะ (Thai script)
* ᩈᨾᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ສມຍ or ສະມະຍະ or ສະມະຢະ (Lao script)
* សមយ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄟𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Noun

समय m
* Devanagari script form of samaya

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সময় (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬫᬬ (Balinese script)
* সময় (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰦𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀫𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* သမယ (Burmese script)
* સમય (Gujarati script)
* ਸਮਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌮𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦩꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂧𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಮಯ (Kannada script)
* សមយ (Khmer script)
* ສມຍ (Lao script)
* സമയ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘦𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧆𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐩𑐫 (Newa script)
* ସମଯ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢪꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆩𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖦𑖧 (Siddham script)
* සමය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩴𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚢𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஸமய (Tamil script)
* సమయ (Telugu script)
* สมย (Thai script)
* ས་མ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒧𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨢𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root समि (sami) or from सम्- (sam-) +‎ अय (ayá), the latter a variant of इ (i, “to go”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.mɐ.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐ.mɐ.jɐ/

### Noun

समय • (samayá) stem, m
* coming together, meeting or a place of meeting
* sexual intercourse with
* coming to a mutual understanding, agreement, compact, covenant, treaty, contract, arrangement, engagement, stipulation, conditions of agreement, terms
* convention, conventional rule or usage, established custom, law, rule, practice, observance
* order, direction, precept, doctrine
* (rhetoric) the conventional meaning or scope of a word
* appointed or proper time, right moment for doing anything, opportunity, occasion, time, season
* juncture, circumstances
* an ordeal
* sign, hint, indication
* demonstrated conclusion
* limit, boundary
* solemn address, harangue, speech, declaration
* (grammar) a Vedic passage which is the repetition of another one
* (drama) end of trouble or distress
* name of a son of dharma
* (with śāktas) name of the author of a mantra

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀫𑀬 (samaya)
** Hindustani: samā
*** Hindi: समा
*** Urdu: سَما
** Gujarati: સમૌ (samau)
** Marathi: सवे (save)
** Sinhalese: සමියෙන් (samiyen), සමා (samā), සෙමෙ (seme)
* Old Awadhi: samaya
    Devanagari script: समय
    Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂧𑂨
* → Hindi: समय (samay, “time; hours”) (learned)
* → Nepali: समय (samaya, “time; schedule, hours; chance”) (learned)
* → Old Javanese: samaya (“agreement, promise; meeting; time, season; convention, law, practice, doctrine”)
** Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone, to delay”)
*** → Indonesian: sêmaya (“to postpone, to delay”)
** → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬫᬬ (semaya, “agreement, alliance, fate”)
* Pali: samaya (“time, occasion”)
** → Burmese: သမယ (sa.ma.ya.)
* → Hindustani: samai
** Hindi: समै
** Urdu: سَمَیْ
* → Sylheti: ꠡꠝꠄ (śomoe) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “समय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1153.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “samaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press