साध

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɑːd̪ʱ/, [säːd̪ʱ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā, “faith, trust”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śraddʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćradᶻdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *ḱr̥dés (“heart”). Doublet of श्रद्धा (śraddhā).

Alternative forms

• साद (sād)

Noun

साध • (sādh) f (Urdu spelling سادھ)

1. ambition, craving, longing

Declension

Declension of साध (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साध sādh	साधें sādhẽ
oblique	साध sādh	साधों sādhõ
vocative	साध sādh	साधो sādho

Etymology 2

Deverbal form of साधना (sādhnā).

Noun

साध • (sādh) f

1. earnest effort
2. accomplishing, performing
3. present sent by parents to a daughter towards the end of her pregnancy

Declension

Declension of साध (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साध sādh	साधें sādhẽ
oblique	साध sādh	साधों sādhõ
vocative	साध sādh	साधो sādho

Etymology 3

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰuš. Doublet of साधु (sādhu) and साह (sāh).

Adjective

साध • (sādh) (indeclinable)

1. (Braj Bhāshā) good, virtuous, excellent

Proper noun

साध • (sādh) m

1. a member of the Sadh community; an ascetic

Descendants

• → English: Sadh

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “साध”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sādha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “साध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press