सही
Hindi edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (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 edit
Adjective edit
सही • (sahī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling صحیح)
Synonyms edit
- ठीक (ṭhīk)
Antonyms edit
- ग़लत (ġalat)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
सही • (sahī) (Urdu spelling سہی)
- inflection of सहना (sahnā):
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सही”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “सही”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (sahīh), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ). Compare Bengali সই (śoi, “signature”), Gujarati સહી (sahī), Hindi सही (sahī), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Punjabi ਸਹੀ (sahī) / سَہی (sahy).
Noun edit
सही • (sahī) f
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “सही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).