सही

See also: सेही, साही, सिंह, सह, and सौंह

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦiː/, [sɐ.ɦiː]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /sə.iː/

Adjective

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?

Synonyms

• ठीक (ṭhīk)

Antonyms

• ग़लत (ġalat)

Etymology 2

Verb

सही • (sahī) (Urdu spelling سہی)

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

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सही”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सही”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

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

Cognates

Compare Bengali সই (śoi, “signature”), Gujarati સહી (sahī), Hindi सही (sahī), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Punjabi ਸਹੀ (sahī) / سَہِی (sahī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ɦi/, [sə.ɦiː]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /sə.i/
• Hyphenation: स‧ही
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

सही • (sahī) f

1. signature

   सही करणे ― sahī karṇe ― to sign

Declension

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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

More information

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 156.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 807
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2980.