समीप mfn. mfn. (
prob. fr. सम् +
अ॑प् and formed analogously to
प्रतीप,
द्वीप,
अनूप;
accord. to some
fr. सम् +
√ आप् and =, ‘easy to attain’) near (in place or time), contiguous, proximate, adjacent, close by, at hand, approaching, imminent,
[Kāv.] ;
[VarBṛS.] &c.
समीप n. n. nearness, proximity, vicinity, presence, imminence (with
gen. or
ifc. ,
अम्, ‘to, towards’;
आत्, ‘from’;
ए, ‘in the vicinity, near, close at hand, beside, in the presence of, at the time of, before, at, towards’;
cf. संधिवेला-स्°),
KātyŚr.;
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv. &c.]