सहते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáźʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáȷ́ʰatay, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, overpower”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́.ɦɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɦɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

सहते • (sahate) third-singular present indicative (root सह्, class 1, type A, present)

1. to overcome, vanquish, conquer, prevail, be victorious
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
2. to be able to or capable of (with infinitive or accusative)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
3. to withstand, bear up against, resist
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
4. to bear, put up with, endure, tolerate
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Related terms

• साढ (sā́ḍha)
• सहस् (sáhas)
• सीक्षते (sī́kṣate)
• साढृ (sā́ḍhṛ)
• साळ्हृ (sā́ḷhṛ)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: সহা (śoha), সওয়া (śoōẇa)
  • Assamese: সহা (xoha)
• Pali: sahati
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀇 (sahaï)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sahadi)
  • Hindi: सहना (sahnā)
  • Punjabi: ਸਹਿਣ (sahiṇ)
• → Kannada: ಸಹಿಸು (sahisu)
• → Tamil: சகி (caki)
• → Telugu: సహించు (sahiñcu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सहते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1192.