صحت

See also: صحة and صحب

Arabic

Verb

صحت (form I)

1. صِحْتُ (ṣiḥtu) /sˤiħ.tu/: first-person singular past active of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)
2. صِحْتَ (ṣiḥta) /sˤiħ.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)
3. صِحْتِ (ṣiḥti) /sˤiħ.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• սըհհաթ (sıhhat) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Derived from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Noun

صحت • (sıhhat)

1. health

   Synonym: صاغلق (sağlık)

   • 16th ce., Kânûnî Sultan Süleyman, Muhibbi:

     خلق ایچره معتبر بر نسنه یوق دولت كبی. اولمیه دولت جهاندہ بر نفس صحت كبی

     Halk içre muʿteber bir nesne yok devlet gibî. Olmaya devlet cihânda bir nefes sıhhat gibî.

     Among people, nothing is respected more than prosperity; yet in this world, no prosperity equals a single breath of health

2. truth

Derived terms

• صحتلو (sıhhatlü, “healthy”)
• صحتسز (sıhhatsiz, “not healthy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sıhhat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Pronunciation

Dari	صحت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сиҳат

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sih.ˈhat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [se̞ɦ.hát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [se̞ɦ.hát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [siát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [seɦ.hǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.ɦät̪]

• Rhymes: -at

Readings
Classical reading?	sihhat
Dari reading?	sehhat
Iranian reading?	sehhat
Tajik reading?	sihat

Noun

صحت • (sihhat / sehhat) (Tajik spelling сиҳат)

1. validity, correctness

   Synonyms: دُرُسْتی (dorosti), دقت (deqqat)

   Antonym: سُقْم (soqm)

2. healthiness

   Synonyms: سَلَامَتِی (salâmati), تَنْدُرُسْتی (tandorosti)

Descendants

• Tajik: сиҳат (sihat)
• → Azerbaijani: səhhət
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सेहत (sehat)

  Urdu: صِحَت (sihat)

• → Malay: sihat, sehat
  • → Indonesian: sehat
  • → Minangkabau: siek
• → Ottoman Turkish: صحت (sıhhat)
  • Turkish: sıhhat
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਹਤ (sihat)

  Shahmukhi script: صِحَّت (ṣiḥḥat)

• → Turkmen: sagat
• → Uzbek: sihat

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صحت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “صحت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “صحة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 782
• “صحت”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu صِحَّت (sihhat), from Classical Persian صِحَّت (sihhat), ultimately from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: sehhat, sḗt IPA^(key): /seɦ.ət̪ᵊ/, [seː˦t̪ᵊ]

Noun

صِحَّت • (ṣiḥḥat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿਹਤ)

1. soundness; health (ie. of a person)

Declension

Declension of صحت

	singular	plural
direct	صِحَّت (ṣiḥḥat)	صِحَّتاں (ṣiḥḥatāṉ)
oblique	صِحَّت (ṣiḥḥat)	صِحَّتاں (ṣiḥḥatāṉ)
vocative	صِحَّتے (ṣiḥḥate)	صِحَّتو (ṣiḥḥato)
ablative	صِحَّتوں (ṣiḥḥatoṉ)	—
locative	صِحَّتی (ṣiḥḥatī)	صِحَّتِیں (ṣiḥḥatīṉ)
instrumental	صِحَّتے (ṣiḥḥate)	صِحَّتِیں (ṣiḥḥatīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “صِحَّت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਸਿਹਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صِحَّت (sihhat), from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /seː.ɦət̪/, /sɪ.ɦət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

صِحَت • (sihat) f (Hindi spelling सेहत or सिहत)

1. health

   Synonym: طَبِیعَت (tabī'at)

   شَراب نوشی صِحَت کے لِیے مُضِر ہَے۔

   śarāb nośī sihat ke liye muzir hai.

   Wine-drinking is harmful for health.

2. soundness