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.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.jí], [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?	sahih

Dari	صحیح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	саҳеҳ

Adjective

صحیح • (sahih)

1. right, correct

   Synonym: درست (dorost)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सही (sahī)

  Urdu: صحیح (sahīh)

• → 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).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.˨iː˦/
  • Phonetic: sàī́
• Rhymes: -iː
• (atonal) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦiː/

Adjective

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

1. right, correct, accurate

   Synonym: ٹھِیک (ṭhīk)

   Antonym: غَلْط (ġalt̤)

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/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /sə.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

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

1. right, correct, accurate

   Synonyms: ٹھیک (ṭhīk), درست (durust)

   Antonym: غلط (ġalat)

Related terms

• صحیح طرح (sahīh tarha, “correctly”)
• صحیح کرنا (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, 2024.