# संसार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (saṃsāra), from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sən.sɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃n.säːɾ], /səŋ.sɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃ŋ.säːɾ]

### Noun

संसार • (sansār) m (Urdu spelling سنسار)
* world; mortal world
    यह संसार केवल एक माया है।yah sansār keval ek māyā hai.The world is but an illusion.

#### See also

* दुनिया (duniyā), जगत् (jagat), जहान (jahān)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संसार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “संसार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘽𑘭𑘰𑘨 (saṃsāra), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (saṃsāra), from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səu.saɾ/

### Noun

संसार • (sausār) m
* world; mortal world
    Synonyms: जग (jag) ( most common), विश्व (viśva), दुनिया (duniyā)
* domestic affairs (life and it's responsibilities)

#### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “संसार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “संसार”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “संसार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* saṃsāra (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* সংসার (Bengali script)
* සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
* သံသာရ or သံသႃရ (Burmese script)
* สํสาร or สังสาระ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩴᩈᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ສໍສາຣ or ສັງສາຣະ (Lao script)
* សំសារ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄁𑄥𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

संसार m
* Devanagari script form of saṃsāra (“transmigration”)

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

* সংসাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬂᬲᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* সংসার (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰽𑰭𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* သံသာရ (Burmese script)
* સંસાર (Gujarati script)
* ਸਂਸਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦁꦱꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂁𑂮𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಂಸಾರ (Kannada script)
* សំសារ (Khmer script)
* ສໍສາຣ (Lao script)
* സംസാര (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘽𑘭𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧞𑧍𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑄𑐳𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ସଂସାର (Odia script)
* ꢱꢀꢱꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆁𑆱𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖽𑖭𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪖𑪁𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚫𑚨𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஸஂஸார (Tamil script)
* సంసార (Telugu script)
* สํสาร (Thai script)
* སཾ་སཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓀𑒮𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨸𑨰𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ सार (sāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ̃.sɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐ̃ˈs̪ɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

संसार • (saṃsāra) stem, m
* going or wandering through, undergoing transmigration; samsara
* course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis
* the world, secular life, worldly illusion
    आ संसारात् ― ā saṃsārāt ― from the beginning of the world

#### Descendants

* Pali: saṃsāra
** → Thai: สงสาร (sǒng-sǎan)
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (saṃsāra)
** Central:
*** Old Hindi: संसार (saṃsāra)
**** Hindi: संसार (sansār)
**** Urdu: سنسار (sansār)
* → English: samsara
* → Indonesian: sengsara
* → Bengali: সংসার (śoṅśar)
* → Kannada: ಸಂಸಾರ (saṃsāra)
* → Khmer: សង្សារ (sɑngsaa)
* → Lao: ສົງສານ (song sān)
* → Lü: ᦉᦳᧂᦉᦱᧃ (ṡungṡaan)
* → Malay: sengsara
* → Mongolian: сансар (sansar)
* → Old Javanese: saṅsāra
** > Javanese: ꦱꦁꦱꦫ (sangsara) (inherited)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘽𑘭𑘰𑘨 (saṃsāra)
** Marathi: संसार (sausār)
* → Polish: samsara
* → Russian: самса́ра (samsára)
* → Serbo-Croatian: samsàra/самса̀ра
* → Tamil: சம்சாரம் (camcāram)
* → Telugu: సంసారము (saṁsāramu)
* → Tocharian B: saṃsār

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “संसार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1119.