सिध्

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Etymology 1

De Vaan derives the root from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáydʰ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáydʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (to drive away; to go away), and compares it to Latin cēdō (to go, proceed) and Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬝 (siiazdat̰, will chase away).

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Root

सिध् (sidh)

  1. to drive off, scare away, repel, restrain, hinder
  2. to punish, chastise
  3. to ordain, instruct
  4. to turn out well or auspiciously
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Etymology 2

See साध् (sādh).

Root

सिध् (sidh)

  1. Alternative form of साध् (sādh, to succeed)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सिध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1215/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 186
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 728; 745-6
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 466; 501
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēdō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 103-104