संधा

• सन्धा (sandhā)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधा (saṃdhā́).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sən.d̪ʱɑː/, [sɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäː]

संधा • (sandhā) f (rare, formal)

1. a promise, vow

   Synonyms: वादा (vādā), प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā), वचन (vacan)

2. mixture, preparation

   Synonyms: संधि (sandhi), मिलन (milan)

3. limit, boundary

   Synonyms: मर्यादा (maryādā), सीमा (sīmā), हद (had)

4. fixity, steadiness

   Synonym: स्थिरता (sthirtā)

5. twilight, evening

   Synonyms: संध्या (sandhyā), शाम (śām), साँझ (sāñjh), सायंकाल (sāyaṅkāl)

• 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

• सन्धा (sandhā)

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

संधा • (saṃdhā)

1. to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix
2. to treat with, form friendship or alliance with, make peace with
3. to unite in friendship, reconcile, make a friend of
4. to fix upon, direct towards
5. to fit to or place upon the bow (as a missile, arrow)
6. to produce, cause
7. to hold out against, be a match for
8. to mend, repair, heal
9. to inflict upon
10. to grasp, support, take hold of
11. to grant, yield, bestow
12. to make good, atone for
13. to contract, close up
14. to approach, come near
15. to prepare, make, compose
16. to assist, aid, help
17. to comprehend, conceive
18. to possess, have
19. to perform, do
20. to employ, make use of, apply to use

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dʱɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱɑː/

संधा • (saṃdhā́) stem, f

1. union, association
2. intimate union, close connection
3. state, condition
4. an agreement, stipulation, compact
5. a promise, vow
6. limit, boundary
7. mixture, preparation (especially of a beverage)
8. fixity, steadiness
9. twilight, evening
10. distillation
11. steady continuance in any state

• 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