संगत (sangat)
noun/adjective
Two main threads: as a noun it means company/companionship (the people you keep, as in the proverb-flavored phrase about good and bad company), and in music it specifically means instrumental accompaniment. As an adjective it means fitting or appropriate to context.
Sense
1
:
company, companionship, association with people
noun, feminine
Synonyms: साथ (saath), साथी (saathii, companion, not the abstract idea), दोस्ती (dostii, friendship, narrower)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the word behind the classic parental warning बुरी संगत में मत पड़ो (burii sangat men mat pado, 'do not fall into bad company') -- you'll hear it from worried mothers and moral science textbooks alike. It reflects a very Indian social assumption: character is shaped by the company you keep, so the people around you are treated almost as a moral force acting on you.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for साथ (saath) when they mean 'company' in the sense of who you associate with, but संगत (sangat) carries a moral/social weight -- it's used especially when talking about the influence good or bad company has on a person, as in बुरी संगत (burii sangat, 'bad company'). 2) संगत (sangat) is typically paired with an adjective (अच्छी, बुरी) when describing the quality of the company someone keeps -- bare संगत (sangat) alone sounds incomplete in this sense.
Sample Sentences:
बुरी संगत में मत पड़ो।
Do not fall into bad company.
(burii sangat men mat pado।)
अच्छी संगत इंसान को बदल देती है।
Good company changes a person.
(achchhii sangat insaan ko badal detii hai।)
उसकी संगत में रहकर मेरी आदतें बिगड़ गईं।
Staying in his company, my habits got spoiled.
(uskii sangat men rahkar merii aadten bigad gaiin।)
माँ हमेशा कहती थी कि संगत का असर ज़रूर पड़ता है।
Mother always used to say that company definitely has an effect on you.
(maan hameshaa kahtii thii ki sangat kaa asar zaroor padtaa hai।)
अगर उसकी संगत अच्छी होती तो वह इतना बिगड़ता नहीं।
If his company had been good, he wouldn't have turned out this bad.
(agar uskii sangat achchhii hotii to vah itnaa bigadtaa nahiin।)
बच्चों को सही संगत चुनना सिखाया जाना चाहिए।
Children should be taught to choose the right company.
(bachchon ko sahii sangat chunnaa sikhaayaa jaanaa chaahie।)
वह कैसी संगत में पड़ गया है, यह जानकर मुझे चिंता होने लगी।
Finding out what kind of company he has fallen into, I started worrying.
(vah kaisii sangat men pad gayaa hai, yah jaankar mujhe chintaa hone lagii।)
टीचर ने चेतावनी दी कि गलत संगत करियर बर्बाद कर सकती है।
The teacher warned that the wrong company can ruin a career.
(tiichar ne chetaavnii dii ki galat sangat kariyar barbaad kar saktii hai।)
काश उसे वक्त पर अच्छी संगत मिल जाती।
If only he had gotten good company in time.
(kaash use vakt par achchhii sangat mil jaatii।)
संगत ऐसी रखो कि लोग तुम्हें देखकर भरोसा करें।
Keep such company that people trust you when they see you.
(sangat aisii rakho ki log tumhen dekhkar bharosaa karen।)
Sense
2
:
musical accompaniment
noun, feminine Used with साथ देना (saath denaa) or करना (karnaa) -- e.g. तबले पर संगत करना (table par sangat karnaa, 'to accompany on the tabla').
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: At a classical music or qawwali performance, the तबला (tablaa) or हारमोनियम (haarmoniyam) player providing rhythmic or melodic support to the main singer is doing संगत (sangat) -- it's a term of respect, since good accompaniment is considered an art in itself, not a mere background role.
Common Mistakes: 1) This sense is specific to classical/devotional music contexts (a tabla or harmonium player doing संगत (sangat) for a singer) -- learners sometimes assume it means simply 'playing along' in a casual band sense, but it carries a classical-music register.
Sample Sentences:
आज की महफ़िल में तबले पर संगत ज़ाकिर हुसैन कर रहे हैं।
Zakir Hussain is doing the tabla accompaniment at today's gathering.
(aaj kii mahfil men table par sangat zaakir husain kar rahe hain।)
बिना अच्छी संगत के गायक का प्रदर्शन अधूरा लगता है।
Without good accompaniment, the singer's performance feels incomplete.
(binaa achchhii sangat ke gaayak kaa pradarshan adhooraa lagtaa hai।)
हारमोनियम पर संगत करते हुए उन्होंने कभी गायक को नहीं दबाया।
While accompanying on the harmonium, he never overpowered the singer.
(haarmoniyam par sangat karte hue unhonne kabhii gaayak ko nahiin dabaayaa।)
क्या तुम आज रात के कार्यक्रम में तबले की संगत करोगे?
Will you do the tabla accompaniment for tonight's program?
(kyaa tum aaj raat ke kaaryakram men table kii sangat karoge?)
उस्ताद जी, कृपया इस बंदिश में मेरी संगत करें।
Ustad ji, please accompany me in this composition.
(ustaad jii, kripyaa is bandish men merii sangat karen।)
अगर तबलावादक की संगत बेहतर होती, तो यह प्रस्तुति और निखर जाती।
If the tabla player's accompaniment had been better, this performance would have shone even more.
(agar tablaavaadak kii sangat behtar hotii, to yah prastuti aur nikhar jaatii।)
क़व्वाली में हारमोनियम की संगत सुनकर सभी झूम उठे।
Hearing the harmonium accompaniment in the qawwali, everyone began to sway.
(qavvaalii men haarmoniyam kii sangat sunkar sabhii jhoom uthe।)
उनकी संगत के बिना यह राग इतना जीवंत नहीं बन पाता।
Without his accompaniment, this raga could not have become so lively.
(unkii sangat ke binaa yah raag itnaa jiivant nahiin ban paataa।)
मुझे लगता है कि इस गायिका के लिए संगत का चुनाव सोच-समझकर किया जाना चाहिए।
I think that the choice of accompaniment for this singer should be made thoughtfully.
(mujhe lagtaa hai ki is gaayikaa ke lie sangat kaa chunaav soch-samajhkar kiyaa jaanaa chaahie।)
Sense
3
:
fitting, appropriate, relevant
adjective
Synonyms: उचित (uchit), मुनासिब (munaasib), उपयुक्त (upyukt, formal)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: You'll hear this mostly in slightly formal or written registers -- discussing whether an argument, decision, or remark is संगत (sangat) ('apt', 'in keeping with the situation') versus असंगत (asangat, 'inconsistent' or 'inappropriate'), its common antonym.
Common Mistakes: 1) This adjectival sense is unrelated in feel to the 'company' noun sense for the learner's ear -- it means something closer to 'apt' or 'consistent with the context,' as in बात संगत लगी (baat sangat lagii, 'the point seemed reasonable/fitting'), so don't try to force a 'companionship' flavor into it.
Sample Sentences:
यह टिप्पणी परिस्थिति के अनुसार संगत नहीं है।
This remark is not fitting given the circumstances.
(yah tippnii paristhiti ke anusaar sangat nahiin hai।)
क्या यह फैसला मौजूदा हालात के लिए संगत है?
Is this decision appropriate for the current situation?
(kyaa yah phaislaa maujoodaa haalaat ke lie sangat hai?)
समिति ने माना कि उसका सुझाव पूरी तरह संगत था।
The committee acknowledged that his suggestion was entirely fitting.
(samiti ne maanaa ki uskaa sujhaav poorii tarah sangat thaa।)
अगर आपका तर्क संगत होता, तो कोई आपत्ति नहीं करता।
If your argument were fitting, no one would object.
(agar aapkaa tark sangat hotaa, to koii aapatti nahiin kartaa।)
यह उत्तर प्रश्न के अनुरूप संगत प्रतीत होता है।
This answer appears to be relevant to the question.
(yah uttar prashn ke anuroop sangat pratiit hotaa hai।)
संपादक ने कहा कि लेख में एक भी संगत उदाहरण नहीं दिया गया।
The editor said that not a single fitting example was given in the article.
(sampaadak ne kahaa ki lekh men ek bhii sangat udaahran nahiin diyaa gayaa।)
कृपया अपने वक्तव्य में केवल संगत बातें शामिल करें।
Please include only relevant points in your statement.
(kripyaa apne vaktavy men keval sangat baaten shaamil karen।)
संभव है कि उसकी दलील असंगत लगे, पर मुझे तो वह संगत ही लगती है।
It's possible that his argument may seem inconsistent, but to me it seems quite fitting.
(sambhav hai ki uskii daliil asangat lage, par mujhe to vah sangat hii lagtii hai।)
न्यायाधीश ने पूछा कि क्या प्रस्तुत तर्क वास्तव में मामले से संगत है।
The judge asked whether the argument presented was truly relevant to the case.
(nyaayaadhiish ne poochhaa ki kyaa prastut tark vaastav men maamle se sangat hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
संगत
(sangat)
(sg.f.oblique):
संगत
(sangat)
(pl.f.direct):
संगतें
(sangten)
(pl.f.oblique):
संगतों
(sangton)
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
संगत
(sangat)