# संदेश
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संदेश (saṃdeśa). Doublet of संदेसा (sandesā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sən.d̪eːʃ/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪eːʃ]
* Rhymes: -eːʃ

### Noun

संदेश • (sandeś) m (Urdu spelling سَنْدیْش)
* message
    Synonym: पैग़ाम (paiġām)
    महत्वपूर्ण संदेश भेजना ― mahatvapūrṇ sandeś bhejnā ― to send an important message

#### Declension
### Proper noun

संदेश • (sandeś) m
* a male given name, Sandesh, from Sanskrit

#### Related terms

* संदेशवाहक (sandeśvāhak)
* संदेशी (sandeśī)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संदेश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संदेश (saṃdeśa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sən.d̪eɕ/

### Noun

संदेश • (sandeś) m
* message

#### Declension
### Proper noun

संदेश • (sandeś) m
* a male given name, Sandesh, from Sanskrit

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* সংদেশ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬂᬤᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
* সংদেশ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰽𑰟𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
* သံဒေၐ (Burmese script)
* સંદેશ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਂਦੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌂𑌦𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦁꦢꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂁𑂠𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಂದೇಶ (Kannada script)
* សំទេឝ (Khmer script)
* ສໍເທຨ (Lao script)
* സംദേശ (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡩᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘽𑘟𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧞𑦿𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑄𑐡𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
* ସଂଦେଶ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢀꢣꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆁𑆢𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖽𑖟𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
* සංදෙශ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪖𑩭𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚫𑚛𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
* ஸஂதே³ஶ (Tamil script)
* సందేశ (Telugu script)
* สํเทศ (Thai script)
* སཾ་དེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓀𑒠𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨸𑨛𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of सम्- (sam-) + देश (deśa). Compare Old Armenian հանդէս (handēs).

### Noun

संदेश • (saṃdeśa) stem, m
* communication of intelligence, message, information, errand, direction, command, order to (genitive or locative; -tas with genitive "by order of") (Kauś., MBh. etc.)
* present, gift (L.)
* a particular kind of sweetmeat (L.)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sandesa
* Prakrit: saṃdesa
    Brahmi script: 𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀲
    Devanagari script: संदेस
    Kannada script: ಸಂದೇಸ
** Hindustani: sandes
    Hindi: संदेस
    Urdu: سَنْدیْس
** Maithili: sanēs
    Devanagari script: सनेस
    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒢𑒹𑒮
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: संदेस (sandes), सनस (sanas), सनेस (sanes)
    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅧𑅥𑅓𑅰 (sndes), 𑅰𑅧𑅰 (sns), 𑅰𑅧𑅓𑅰 (snes)
* Dogri: sanehā
    Devanagari script: सनेहा
    Dogra script: 𑠩𑠝𑠳𑠪𑠬
* Gojri: سنیہو (saneho)
* Hindustani: sandesā
    Hindi: संदेसा
    Urdu: سَنْدیْسَا, سنْدیْسَہ
* Marathi: संदेसा (sandesā) (poetic)
* Marwari:
    Devanagari script: संदेसो (sandeso), संदेसौ (sandesau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅧𑅥𑅓𑅰𑅔 (sndeso), 𑅰𑅧𑅥𑅓𑅰𑅒 (sndesu)
* Old Punjabi: ਸਨੇਹਾ (sanehā)
** Punjabi: sanehā, sunehā
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਨੇਹਾ, ਸੁਨੇਹਾ
    Shahmukhi script: سَنیہا, سُنیْہا
* Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: सनेहा (sanehā)
    Multani script: 𑊥𑊚𑊦 (snh)
    Shahmukhi script: سَنیہا (sanehā)
* Sindhi: saneho
    Arabic script: سَنيهو
    Devanagari script: सनेहो
    Khudabadi script: 𑋝𑋑𑋥𑋞𑋧
* Sindhi: =sanehaṛo
    Arabic script: سَنيَهڙو
    Devanagari script: सनेहड़ो
    Khudabadi script: 𑋝𑋑𑋥𑋞𑋊𑋧
* Assamese: সন্দেশ (xondex)
* Bengali: সন্দেশ (śondeś)
* Gujarati: સંદેશ (sandeś), સંદેશો (sandeśo)
* Hindustani: sandeś
    Hindi: संदेश
    Urdu: سَنْدیْش
* Kannada: ಸಂದೇಶ (sandēśa)
* Malayalam: സന്ദേശം (sandēśaṁ)
* Marathi: संदेश (sandeś)
* Nepali: सन्देश (sandeś)
* Punjabi: sandeś
    Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਦੇਸ਼
    Shahmukhi script: سَنْدیْش
* Sinhalese: සන්දේශය (sandēśaya)
* Tamil: சந்தேசம் (cantēcam)
* Telugu: సందేశము (sandēśamu)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “संदेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1143.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁdēśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 748