সাহা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀸𑀳𑀼 (śāhu), which was Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (sādhu), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu, “sage; an honest man; virtuous; merchant; money-lender; usurer”), from Sanskrit साध् (sādh, “to be successful, succeed, prosper”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰuš (“successful; accomplished”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *séHdʰ-u-s, from *seHdʰ- (“to reach a goal; to succeed”) +‎ *-us.
Cognate with Assamese সাউ (xau, “merchant”), Hindi साह (sāh, “merchant”) and साहू (sāhū, “merchant”), Avestan 𐬵𐬁𐬛𐬭𐬋𐬫𐬁 (hādrōyā, “desire to achieve the goal”), Old Armenian աջ (aǰ, “right”) and perhaps also Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃaɦa/, [ˈʃaɦaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃaɦa/, [ˈʃaɦaˑ]

Proper noun

সাহা • (śaha)

1. a Hindu trading class surname, Saha, mostly residing in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura.

Noun

সাহা • (śaha)

1. (archaic) merchant, trader, businessman

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saha is the 11781^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2660 individuals. Saha is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (87.78%) individuals.