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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *seHdʰ-; cognate with Old Armenian աջ (, right) and perhaps Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús, straight, direct).

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Root edit

साध् (sādh)

  1. to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper
  2. to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish
  3. to submit or agree to, obey
  4. to be completed or accomplished
  5. to straighten, make straight (a path)
  6. to guide straight or well, direct or bring to a goal
  7. to master, subdue, overpower, conquer, win, win over
  8. to summon, conjure up (a god or spirit)
  9. (law) to enforce payment, recover (a debt), collect (taxes)
  10. to subdue a disease, set right, heal, cure
  11. to bring to an end or conclusion, complete, make perfect, bring about, accomplish, effect, fulfil, execute, practice
  12. to attain one's object, be successful
  13. to produce, make, render
  14. to establish a truth, substantiate, prove, demonstrate
  15. to make ready, prepare
  16. to gain, obtain, acquire, procure
  17. to find out (by calculation)
  18. to grant, bestow, yield
  19. to put or place in
  20. to set out, proceed, go

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “साध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1200/3, 1201/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 185
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 722-3