Etymology

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Punjabi terms borrowed from Sanskrit#سماجCategory:Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit#سماج समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.mäːd͡ʒᵊ/Category:Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation#سماج

Noun

سَماج • (samāj) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਮਾਜ)Category:Punjabi lemmas#سماجCategory:Punjabi nouns#سماجCategory:Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script#سماجCategory:Punjabi entries with incorrect language header#سماجCategory:Punjabi masculine nouns#سماجCategory:Pages with entries#سماجCategory:Pages with 2 entries#سماج

1. society, community

References

• “سماج”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سماج”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Etymology

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit#سماجCategory:Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit#سماج समाज (samāja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.mɑːd͡ʒ/Category:Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation#سماج
• Rhymes: -ɑːd͡ʒCategory:Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːd͡ʒ#سماجCategory:Rhymes:Urdu/ɑːd͡ʒ/2 syllables#سماج
• Hyphenation: سَ‧ماج

Noun

سَماج • (samāj) m (Hindi spelling समाज)Category:Urdu lemmas#سماجCategory:Urdu nouns#سماجCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#سماجCategory:Urdu masculine nouns#سماجCategory:Pages with entries#سماجCategory:Pages with 2 entries#سماج

1. society, community

   Synonym: مُعاشِرَہ (mu'āśira)

2. an association

   آرْیَہ سَماج ― ārya samāj ― Arya SamajCategory:Urdu terms with usage examples#سماج

3. a luxurious gathering
4. a historical festival celebrating idols.

Further reading

• “سماج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سماج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سماج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “سماج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سماج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.