Sanggaiyumpham, Thoubal
# Sanggaiyumpham, Thoubal

Sanggaiyumpham (Sangaiyumpham) or Sanggai Yumpham (Sangai Yumpham) is a village in Thoubal district of Manipur.

## Etymology

In Meitei language, "sanggāi" (Meitei: ꯁꯡꯒꯥꯏ, romanized: /səŋ.gai/) means residence or home, used in formal context. The term "sangāi" (Meitei: ꯁꯉꯥꯏ, romanized: /sə.ŋai/) is the Meitei name of the brow-antlered deer, scientifically known as Cervus eldi eldi. The Meitei term "yumpham" (Meitei: ꯌꯨꯝꯐꯝ, romanized: /yúm.pʰəm/) literally means "the place where a house is built". Morphologically, "yum‑pham" can be divided into two root words, "yum" (Meitei: ꯌꯨꯝ, romanized: /yúm/) and "pham" (Meitei: ꯐꯝ, romanized: /pʰəm/), meaning "house" and "place" respectively.

The Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) way of writing the name "Sangaiyumpham" in Bengali script is সাঙ্গাইয়ুমফম or সঙ্গাইয়ুমফম while the Bengali language way of writing the same name in the same script is সাঙ্গাইউম্ফাম. In Meitei script, the name is written as ꯁꯡꯒꯥꯏ ꯌꯨꯝꯐꯝ or ꯁꯪꯒꯥꯏ ꯌꯨꯝꯐꯝ.

