سا

See also: شأ and شا

Pashto

Alternative forms

• ساه

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwāsás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwos-ó-s, from *ḱwes- (“to pant, puff, sigh”). Cognate with, Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”), Latin queror. Compare also English quarrel, wheeze, from Latin and Old Norse, respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ/

Noun

سا • (sā) f (plural ساوې, ساګانې)

1. breath
2. soul
3. throat
4. stink, reek

Derived terms

• سا اچول
• سا اخیستل
• سا ختلی
• سا کښل
• سا لرل
• سا ایستل
• سابندی
• سابندي
• ساتنګي

 

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Particle

سا • (sā) (Hindi spelling सा)

1. like, as
2. resembling, alike
3. -ish, -esque

Usage notes

The semblative particle is equivalent to the Semblative case found in some languages.

References

• “سا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.