[sam-āj], m.; f.(dial.) a society, community.
[←OIA samāja- m. ʻfestive gatheringʼ BhārŚr. <sam-√aj ‘to bring or collect together’ <+②sam- ‘together with, thoroughness, intensity, completeness’ (♣Eng. same ) <√aj ‘drive’ ◀PIE *aĝ- ‘to drive, lead’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. acre ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. act, agent, agitate ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0671; (Turner, 1966) 13207, p.8; (MW, 1899) 1153, 0009, ② 1152; (Pokorny, 1959) 0004, ② 0902; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.050, ② 2.702
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