سایہ

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See also: سایه

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَایَه (sāya). Doublet of چھاؤں (chāõ).

Noun

سایَہ (sāyam (Hindi spelling साया)

  1. shadow, shade
  2. apparition
  3. (figurative) shelter
  4. (figurative) reflection
  5. (figurative) supervised, brought up by
    • 1880, مُحَمّد حُسَین آزاد, آبِ حَیات :
      مِرزا چَچا کے سایَہ میں پَروَرِش پاتے تھے۔ مَگَر اِتِّفاق یہ کِہ مَرْگِ ناگَہانی میں وہ مَر گَئے۔
      mirzā cacā ke sāya mẽ parvariś pāte the. magar ittifāq ye ki marg-i nāgahānī mẽ vo mar gae.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of سایہ
singular plural
direct سایَہ (sāīah) سایے (sāīe)
oblique سایے (sāīe) سایوں (sāīõ)
vocative سایے (sāīe) سایو (sāīo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese saia.

Noun

سایَہ (sāyam (Hindi spelling साया)

  1. dress, gown
Declension
Declension of سایہ
singular plural
direct سایَہ (sāīah) سایے (sāīe)
oblique سایے (sāīe) سایوں (sāīõ)
vocative سایے (sāīe) سایو (sāīo)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit साय (sāya).

Noun

سایَہ (sāyam (Hindi spelling साय)

  1. end
  2. termination
  3. evening
  4. arrow

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سایہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., pages 631-632
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سایہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 367
  • سایہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “سايه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • سایہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.