साधु
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit साधु (sādhú).
Noun
साधु • (sādhu) m
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “साधु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Adjective
साधु
- Devanagari script form of sādhu
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সাধু (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬵᬥᬸ (Balinese script)
- সাধু (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰯𑰠𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- သာဓု (Burmese script)
- સાધુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਾਧੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌾𑌧𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦴꦣꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂰𑂡𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಾಧು (Kannada script)
- សាធុ (Khmer script)
- ສາຘຸ (Lao script)
- സാധു (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠ᠊ᠠᢡᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢗᢑᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧑𑧀𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐵𑐢𑐸 (Newa script)
- ସାଧୁ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢵꢤꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆳𑆣𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖯𑖠𑖲 (Siddham script)
- සාධු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩛𑩮𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚭𑚜𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஸாது⁴ (Tamil script)
- సాధు (Telugu script)
- สาธุ (Thai script)
- སཱ་དྷུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒰𑒡𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨊𑨜𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰuš.
Pronunciation
Adjective
साधु • (sādhú)
- straight, right
- leading straight to a goal, hitting the mark, unerring (as an arrow or thunderbolt)
- straightened, not entangled (as threads)
- well-disposed, kind, willing, obedient
- successful, effective, efficient (as a hymn or prayer)
- ready, prepared (as soma)
- peaceful, secure
- powerful, excellent, good for (locative) or towards (locative, genitive, dative, accusative, with प्रति (prati), अनु (anu), अभि (abhi), परि (pari), or compound)
- fit, proper, right
- good, virtuous, honourable, righteous
- well-born, noble, of honourable or respectable descent
- correct, pure
- classical (as language)
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of साधु | |||
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Nom. sg. | साधुः (sādhuḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साधुः (sādhuḥ) | साधू (sādhū) | साधवः (sādhavaḥ) |
Vocative | साधो (sādho) | साधू (sādhū) | साधवः (sādhavaḥ) |
Accusative | साधुम् (sādhum) | साधू (sādhū) | साधून् (sādhūn) |
Instrumental | साधुना (sādhunā) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभिः (sādhubhiḥ) |
Dative | साधवे (sādhave) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Ablative | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Genitive | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | साध्वोः (sādhvoḥ) | साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) |
Locative | साधौ (sādhau) | साध्वोः (sādhvoḥ) | साधुषु (sādhuṣu) |
Feminine ī-stem declension of साधु | |||
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Nom. sg. | साध्वी (sādhvī) | ||
Gen. sg. | साध्व्याः (sādhvyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साध्वी (sādhvī) | साध्व्यौ (sādhvyau) | साध्व्यः (sādhvyaḥ) |
Vocative | साध्वि (sādhvi) | साध्व्यौ (sādhvyau) | साध्व्यः (sādhvyaḥ) |
Accusative | साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) | साध्व्यौ (sādhvyau) | साध्वीः (sādhvīḥ) |
Instrumental | साध्व्या (sādhvyā) | साध्वीभ्याम् (sādhvībhyām) | साध्वीभिः (sādhvībhiḥ) |
Dative | साध्व्यै (sādhvyai) | साध्वीभ्याम् (sādhvībhyām) | साध्वीभ्यः (sādhvībhyaḥ) |
Ablative | साध्व्याः (sādhvyāḥ) | साध्वीभ्याम् (sādhvībhyām) | साध्वीभ्यः (sādhvībhyaḥ) |
Genitive | साध्व्याः (sādhvyāḥ) | साध्व्योः (sādhvyoḥ) | साध्वीनाम् (sādhvīnām) |
Locative | साध्व्याम् (sādhvyām) | साध्व्योः (sādhvyoḥ) | साध्वीषु (sādhvīṣu) |
Neuter u-stem declension of साधु | |||
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Nom. sg. | साधु (sādhu) | ||
Gen. sg. | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Vocative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Accusative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Instrumental | साधुना (sādhunā) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभिः (sādhubhiḥ) |
Dative | साधुने (sādhune) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Ablative | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Genitive | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | साधुनोः (sādhunoḥ) | साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) |
Locative | साधुनि (sādhuni) | साधुनोः (sādhunoḥ) | साधुषु (sādhuṣu) |
Descendants
- Pali: sādhu
Adverb
साधु • (sādhú)
- straight, aright, regularly
- well, rightly, skilfully, properly, agreeably
- sādhú √vṛt (+ locative) — to behave well towards
- sādhú √kṛ — to set eight
- sādhú √ās — to be well or at ease
- well, greatly, in a high degree
- assuredly, indeed
Interjection
साधु • (sādhú)
- good! well done! bravo!
- well, enough of, away with (+instrumental)!
- well come on! (+imperative or 1. pr.)
Noun
साधु • (sādhú) stem, m
- a good or virtuous or honest man
- a holy man, saint, sage, seer; a sadhu
- (Jainism) a जिन (jina) or deified saint
- a jeweller
- a merchant, money-lender, usurer
- (grammar) a derivative or inflected noun
- a saintly woman
- a kind of root (= मेदा (medā))
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of साधु | |||
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Nom. sg. | साधुः (sādhuḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साधुः (sādhuḥ) | साधू (sādhū) | साधवः (sādhavaḥ) |
Vocative | साधो (sādho) | साधू (sādhū) | साधवः (sādhavaḥ) |
Accusative | साधुम् (sādhum) | साधू (sādhū) | साधून् (sādhūn) |
Instrumental | साधुना (sādhunā) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभिः (sādhubhiḥ) |
Dative | साधवे (sādhave) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Ablative | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Genitive | साधोः (sādhoḥ) | साध्वोः (sādhvoḥ) | साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) |
Locative | साधौ (sādhau) | साध्वोः (sādhvoḥ) | साधुषु (sādhuṣu) |
Descendants
Noun
साधु • (sādhú) stem, n
- the good or right or honest, a good etc. thing or act
- साध्व् अस्ति (sādhv asti) (+dative) — it is well with
- sādhu-√man (+ accusative) — to consider a thing good, approve
- gentleness, kindness, benevolence
Declension
Neuter u-stem declension of साधु | |||
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Nom. sg. | साधु (sādhu) | ||
Gen. sg. | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Vocative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Accusative | साधु (sādhu) | साधुनी (sādhunī) | साधूनि (sādhūni) |
Instrumental | साधुना (sādhunā) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभिः (sādhubhiḥ) |
Dative | साधुने (sādhune) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Ablative | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | साधुभ्याम् (sādhubhyām) | साधुभ्यः (sādhubhyaḥ) |
Genitive | साधुनः (sādhunaḥ) | साधुनोः (sādhunoḥ) | साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) |
Locative | साधुनि (sādhuni) | साधुनोः (sādhunoḥ) | साधुषु (sādhuṣu) |
References
- “साधु॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 612, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “साधु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 346
- Monier Williams (1899) “Sādhú”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1201, column 2.
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