# संधा
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* सन्धा (sandhā)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधा (saṃdhā́).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sən.d̪ʱɑː/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäː]

### Noun

संधा • (sandhā) f (rare, formal)
* a promise, vow
    Synonyms: वादा (vādā), प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā), वचन (vacan)
* mixture, preparation
    Synonyms: संधि (sandhi), मिलन (milan)
* limit, boundary
    Synonyms: मर्यादा (maryādā), सीमा (sīmā), हद (had)
* fixity, steadiness
    Synonym: स्थिरता (sthirtā)
* twilight, evening
    Synonyms: संध्या (sandhyā), शाम (śām), साँझ (sāñjh), सायंकाल (sāyaṅkāl)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “संधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সংধা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬂᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
* সংধা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰽𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သံဓာ (Burmese script)
* સંધા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਂਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌂𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦁꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂁𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಂಧಾ (Kannada script)
* សំធា (Khmer script)
* ສໍຘາ (Lao script)
* സംധാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘽𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧞𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑄𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସଂଧା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢀꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆁𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖽𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සංධා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪖𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚫𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸஂத⁴ா (Tamil script)
* సంధా (Telugu script)
* สํธา (Thai script)
* སཾ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓀𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨸𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Alternative forms

* सन्धा (sandhā)

### Etymology 1

From सम्- (sam-, “together”) +‎ धा (dhā, “to put, place”, root). Related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *sámdas, whence Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ (court of law).

#### Root

संधा • (saṃdhā)
* to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix
* to treat with, form friendship or alliance with, make peace with
* to unite in friendship, reconcile, make a friend of
* to fix upon, direct towards
* to fit to or place upon the bow (as a missile, arrow)
* to produce, cause
* to hold out against, be a match for
* to mend, repair, heal
* to inflict upon
* to grasp, support, take hold of
* to grant, yield, bestow
* to make good, atone for
* to contract, close up
* to approach, come near
* to prepare, make, compose
* to assist, aid, help
* to comprehend, conceive
* to possess, have
* to perform, do
* to employ, make use of, apply to use

##### Derived terms

* संधा (saṃdhā́) (see below)
* संधान (saṃdhā́na)
* संधि (saṃdhí)
* संहित (saṃhita, “put together, joined”)
* संहिता (saṃhitā, “a Saṃhitā”)
* सन्धान (sandhāna)

### Etymology 2

From the root संधा (saṃdhā) (see above) +‎ -आ (-ā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐn.dʱɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱɑː/

#### Noun

संधा • (saṃdhā́) stem, f
* union, association
* intimate union, close connection
* state, condition
* an agreement, stipulation, compact
* a promise, vow
* limit, boundary
* mixture, preparation (especially of a beverage)
* fixity, steadiness
* twilight, evening
* distillation
* steady continuance in any state

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “संधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1144, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “संधा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṃdhā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press