सही

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Hindi

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ). Compare Assamese চহী (sohi), Bengali সই (śoi, signature), Gujarati સહી (sahī), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Marathi सही (sahī), Punjabi ਸਹੀ (sahī) / سَہی (sahy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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सही (sahī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling صحیح)

  1. right, correct, accurate
    क्या यह बनारस का सही रास्ता है?
    kyā yah banāras kā sahī rāstā hai?
    Is this the right way to Benares?
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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सही (sahī) (Urdu spelling سہی)

  1. inflection of सहना (sahnā):
    1. feminine singular perfective participle
    2. feminine singular perfect indicative

References

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh) with a semantic narrowing from “right, correct” to “signature” in Indian Persian,[1] from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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सही (sahīf

  1. signature
    सही करणेsahī karṇeto sign

Declension

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Declension of सही (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
सही
sahī
direct
plural
सह्या
sahyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
सही
sahī
सह्या
sahyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
सही
sahī
सह्यां-
sahyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
सहीला
sahīlā
सह्यांना
sahyānnā
ergative सहीने, सहीनं
sahīne, sahīna
सह्यांनी
sahyānnī
instrumental सहीशी
sahīśī
सह्यांशी
sahyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
सहीत
sahīt
सह्यांत
sahyāt
vocative
संबोधन
सही
sahī
सह्यांनो
sahyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of सही (fem ī-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
सहीचा
sahīċā
सहीचे
sahīċe
सहीची
sahīcī
सहीच्या
sahīcā
सहीचे, सहीचं
sahīċe, sahīċa
सहीची
sahīcī
सहीच्या
sahīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
सह्यांचा
sahyānċā
सह्यांचे
sahyānċe
सह्यांची
sahyāñcī
सह्यांच्या
sahyāncā
सह्यांचे, सह्यांचं
sahyānċe, sahyānċa
सह्यांची
sahyāñcī
सह्यांच्या
sahyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

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  1. ^ Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 864.

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