सही

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See also: सेही, साही, सिंह, सह, and सौंह

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ). Compare Assamese চহী (sohi), Bengali সই (śoi, “signature”), Gujarati સહી (sahī), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Marathi सही (sahī), Punjabi ਸਹੀ (sahī) / سَہی (sahy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

सही • (sahī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling صحیح)

  1. right, correct, accurate
    क्या यह बनारस का सही रास्ता है?
    kyā yah banāras kā sahī rāstā hai?
    Is this the right way to Benares?
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Etymology 2

Verb

सही • (sahī) (Urdu spelling سہی)

  1. inflection of सहना (sahnā):
    1. feminine singular perfective participle
    2. feminine singular perfect indicative

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh) with a semantic narrowing from “right, correct” to “signature” in Indian Persian,[1] from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Cognates

Compare Bengali সই (śoi, “signature”), Gujarati સહી (sahī), Hindi सही (sahī), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Punjabi ਸਹੀ (sahī) / سَہِی (sahī).

Pronunciation

Noun

सही • (sahī) f

  1. signature
    सही करणे ― sahī karṇe ― to sign

Declension

Declension of सही (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular 		सही
sahī
direct
plural 		सह्या
sahyā
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		सही
sahī 		सह्या
sahyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		सही
sahī 		सह्यां-
sahyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		सहीला
sahīlā 		सह्यांना
sahyānnā
ergative सहीने, सहीनं
sahīne, sahīna 		सह्यांनी
sahyānnī
instrumental सहीशी
sahīśī 		सह्यांशी
sahyānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		सहीत
sahīt 		सह्यांत
sahyāt
vocative
संबोधन 		सही
sahī 		सह्यांनो
sahyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of सही (fem ī-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म 		feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म 		neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म 		oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular*
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		सहीचा
sahīċā 		सहीचे
sahīċe 		सहीची
sahīcī 		सहीच्या
sahīcā 		सहीचे, सहीचं
sahīċe, sahīċa 		सहीची
sahīcī 		सहीच्या
sahīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		सह्यांचा
sahyānċā 		सह्यांचे
sahyānċe 		सह्यांची
sahyāñcī 		सह्यांच्या
sahyāncā 		सह्यांचे, सह्यांचं
sahyānċe, sahyānċa 		सह्यांची
sahyāñcī 		सह्यांच्या
sahyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  1. ^ Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 864.

Further reading

More information
  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 156
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 807
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “सई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2980.
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