صحیح

See also: صحيح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈhiːh/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɦíːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɦíːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.jéː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.jéː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɦíːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɦéʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sahīh
Dari reading?	sahīh
Iranian reading?	sahih
Tajik reading?	saheh

Adjective

صحیح • (sahīh / sahih) (Tajik spelling саҳеҳ)

1. right, correct

   Synonym: درست (dorost)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सही (sahī)

  Urdu: صحیح (sahīh)

• → Marathi: सही (sahī)
  • Kannada: ಸಹಿ (sahi)
• → Marwari: सई (saī)
• → Middle Bengali: সহি (śohi)
  • Bengali: সই (śoi)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਹੀ (sahī)

  Shahmukhi script: صَحِیح (ṣaḥīḥ), سَہِی (sahī)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• سَہِی (sahī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (sahih), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ). Compare Urdu صَحِیح (sahīh, “correct”) and Bengali সই (śoi, “signature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə˩˥iː/, /sə.ɦiː˩˥/

Adjective

صَحِیح • (ṣaḥīḥ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੀ)

1. right, correct, accurate

   Synonym: ٹھِیک (ṭhīk)

   Antonym: غَلْط (ġalt̤)

Noun

صَحِیح • (ṣaḥīḥ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੀ)

1. (rare) signature, sign

   Synonym: دَسْتْخَط (dastxat̤)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)bor.

Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh)bor.

Urdu صحیح

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦiː(ɦ)/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /sə.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

صَحِیح • (sahīh or sahī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सही)

1. right, correct, accurate

   Synonyms: ٹھیک (ṭhīk), درست (durust)

   Antonym: غلط (ġalat)

Related terms

• صحیح طرح (sahīh tarah, “correctly”)
• صَحِیح کَرنا (sahīh karnā, “to fix”)

References

• “صحیح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صحیح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.