સાહ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• શાહ (śāh) — more common

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati शाह (śāha), साह (sāha), साहु (sāhu), साहू (sāhū), from Apabhramsa साहु (sāhu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀼 (sāhu), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀼 (sādhu), from Sanskrit સાધુ (sādhú).

Cognates

Cognate with Nepali साउ (sāu), Bengali সাউ (śau), Hindi साह (sāh), Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘄 (sāu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑʱ/
• Hyphenation: સાહ
• Rhymes: -ɑʱ

Noun

સાહ • (sāh) m

1. banker, merchant

   Synonyms: સાહુકાર (sāhukār), શરાફ (śarāph), વેપારી (vepārī)

Further reading

More information

• “સાહ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “સાહ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “સાહ”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sādhú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 770: “G. sā(h), sā(h)u m.”