# समाधान
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाधान (samādhāna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sə.mɑː.d̪ʱɑːn/, [sɐ.mäː.d̪ʱä̃ːn]

### Noun

समाधान • (samādhān) m (Urdu spelling سَمادھان)
* solution, answer
    Synonym: हल (hal)
    प्रश्न का समाधान है ही नहीं।praśna kā samādhān hai hī nahī̃.The problem just has no solution.
* putting together, resolving

#### References

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

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समाधान (samādhāna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sə.ma.d̪ʱan/

### Noun

समाधान • (samādhān) n
* satisfaction, contentment
    Synonyms: संतोष (santoṣ), तृप्ती (truptī)
* solution (to a problem or issue)
    Synonyms: उपाय (upāy), तोड (toḍ)
    Antonym: समस्या (samasyā)

#### Derived terms

* समाधानी (samādhānī)

### Proper noun

समाधान • (samādhān) m
* a male given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Samadhan

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “समाधान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “समाधान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “समाधान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “समाधान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʌmäd̪än]
* Phonetic Devanagari: समादान्

### Noun

समाधान • (samādhān)
* solution

### References

* “समाधान”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সমাধান (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬫᬵᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
* সমাধান (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰦𑰯𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀫𑀸𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* သမာဓာန (Burmese script)
* સમાધાન (Gujarati script)
* ਸਮਾਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦩꦴꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂧𑂰𑂡𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಮಾಧಾನ (Kannada script)
* សមាធាន (Khmer script)
* ສມາຘານ (Lao script)
* സമാധാന (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘦𑘰𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠮᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧆𑧑𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐩𑐵𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
* ସମାଧାନ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢪꢵꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆩𑆳𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖦𑖯𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
* සමාධාන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩴𑩛𑩮𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚢𑚭𑚜𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஸமாத⁴ாந (Tamil script)
* సమాధాన (Telugu script)
* สมาธาน (Thai script)
* ས་མཱ་དྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒧𑒰𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨢𑨊𑨜𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

सम्- (sam-) +‎ आधान (ādhāna).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.mɑː.dʱɑː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐ.mɑː.d̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

समाधान • (samādhāna) stem, n
* putting together, laying, adding (esp. fuel to fire)
* composing, adjusting, settling, and reconciliation
* intentness, attention
* fixing the mind in abstract contemplation (as on the true nature of spirit), religious meditation, profound absorption or contemplation
* justification of a statement, proof

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “समाधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1159/3.