صالح

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, “to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.liħ/

Adjective

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) (feminine صَالِحَة (ṣāliḥa), masculine plural صَالِحُون (ṣāliḥūn) or صُلَّاح (ṣullāḥ) or صُلُوح (ṣulūḥ), elative أَصْلَح (ʔaṣlaḥ))

1. in good condition, sound, whole
2. honest, upright, good, just, virtuous, right
3. pious
4. suitable, fit
5. copious, frequent

Declension

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صالح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صالح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m (plural صَوَالِح (ṣawāliḥ))

1. good, advantage, benefit, interest

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صالح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Proper noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m

1. a male given name
2. (Islam) Saleh, a prophet of Islam

Declension

See also

• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.liːɦ/

Adjective

صالِح • (sālih) (Hindi spelling सालिह)

1. virtuous, pious, righteous

Proper noun

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

1. (Islam) Saleh, Salih
2. a male given name from Arabic

References

• “صالح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صالح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.