સહી

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh) with a semantic narrowing from “right, correct” to “signature” in Indian Persian, from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ, “correct, valid”).

Cognates

Compare Marathi सही (sahī), Bengali সই (śoi), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Hindi सही (sahī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsə.ɦi/
• Hyphenation: સ‧હી
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

સહી • (sahī) f

1. signature

   સહી કરવી ― sahī karvī ― to sign

   Synonym: હસ્તાક્ષર (hastākṣar)

Further reading

More information

• “સહી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “સહી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “સહી”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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• નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “સહી”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎^[2] (in Gujarati), volume 4, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 129, column 2