सह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သဟ် (Burmese script)
• સહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಹ್ (Kannada script)
• សហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຫ຺ (Lao script)
• സഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸஹ் (Tamil script)
• సహ్ (Telugu script)
• สหฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-

Sanskrit सह् (sah)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *saźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, posess, overcome, overpower”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “have, possess, hold”), σχῆμᾰ (skhêma, “form, shape, figure”), σχολή (skholḗ, “leisure, free time; philosophy”) whence Latin schola (“leisure time for learning, schooltime, school”); Latin sēverus (“severe, strict, harsh”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐɦ/

Root

सह् • (sah)

1. to prevail, be victorious, overcome, vanquish
2. to conquer, defeat
3. to master, suppress, restrain
4. to be able, capable
5. to endure, resist, suffer, tolerate

Derived terms

• सहते (sahate)
• सहत् (sahat)
• सहमान (sahamāna)
• सहस् (sahas)
• सह्यामि (sahyāmi)
• साह (sāha)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1192/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 184
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 717-8
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 278, 281
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 515
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0888”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0888