साहाय्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সাহায়্য (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬳᬵᬬ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• সাহায়্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰮𑰯𑰧𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀬𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သာဟာယျ (Burmese script)
• સાહાય્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਹਾਯ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌯𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦲꦴꦪꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂯𑂰𑂨𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾಹಾಯ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• សាហាយ្យ (Khmer script)
• ສາຫາຍ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• സാഹായ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘧𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠾᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧎𑧑𑧇𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐴𑐵𑐫𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସାହାଯ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢲꢵꢫ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆲𑆳𑆪𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖮𑖯𑖧𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සාහාය‍්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑪂𑩛𑩻 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚩𑚭𑚣𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸாஹாய்ய (Tamil script)
• సాహాయ్య (Telugu script)
• สาหายฺย (Thai script)
• སཱ་ཧཱ་ཡྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒯𑒰𑒨𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨱𑨊𑨪𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of सहाय (sahāya), most likely from सह (saha) +‎ अय (aya), with the latter part from the root इ (i), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-. An alternative explanation is that सहाय (sahāya) is a reborrowing from सखाय (sakhāya), a vṛddhi derivative of सखि (sakhi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- (“friend, companion”), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.ɦɑːj.jɐ/

Noun

साहाय्य • (sāhāyya) stem, n

1. help, succour

   sāhāyyaṃ-√kṛ and √sthā — to give assistance

2. friendship, fellowship, alliance
3. (in dramatic language) helping another in danger

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of साहाय्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam)	साहाय्ये (sāhāyye)	साहाय्यानि (sāhāyyāni)
accusative	साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam)	साहाय्ये (sāhāyye)	साहाय्यानि (sāhāyyāni)
instrumental	साहाय्येन (sāhāyyena)	साहाय्याभ्याम् (sāhāyyābhyām)	साहाय्यैः (sāhāyyaiḥ)
dative	साहाय्याय (sāhāyyāya)	साहाय्याभ्याम् (sāhāyyābhyām)	साहाय्येभ्यः (sāhāyyebhyaḥ)
ablative	साहाय्यात् (sāhāyyāt)	साहाय्याभ्याम् (sāhāyyābhyām)	साहाय्येभ्यः (sāhāyyebhyaḥ)
genitive	साहाय्यस्य (sāhāyyasya)	साहाय्ययोः (sāhāyyayoḥ)	साहाय्यानाम् (sāhāyyānām)
locative	साहाय्ये (sāhāyye)	साहाय्ययोः (sāhāyyayoḥ)	साहाय्येषु (sāhāyyeṣu)
vocative	साहाय्य (sāhāyya)	साहाय्ये (sāhāyye)	साहाय्यानि (sāhāyyāni)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “साहाय्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1212.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “sāhāyya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.