Given name · Hindi
समय
“time”
समय (samay) is a masculine given name from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Samay.
Meaning & origin
What it means
समय is Samay written in Devanagari. Samay means “time.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Sanskrit स॒म॒य, from Sanskrit समि, built from Sanskrit सम्- + अय.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
समय’s family of names
In Hindi usage, समय shares an earlier linguistic root with समाँ. In Hindi usage, समय has a conventional equivalent in the English form SAMAY. In Hindi usage, समय can be written in the Roman alphabet as SAMAY.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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