صالح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ل ح‎ (ṣ-l-ḥ). Derived from the active participle of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa, “to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.”), from the root ص ل ح‎ (ṣ-l-ḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.liħ/

Adjective

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) (feminine صَالِحَة‎ (ṣāliḥa), masculine plural صَالِحُون‎ (ṣāliḥūn) or صُلَّاح‎ (ṣullāḥ) or صُلُوح‎ (ṣulūḥ), elative أَصْلَح‎ (ʔaṣlaḥ))

  1. in good condition, sound, whole
  2. honest, upright, good, just, virtuous, right
  3. pious
  4. suitable, fit
  5. copious, frequent

Declension

References

Noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m (plural صَوَالِح‎ (ṣawāliḥ))

  1. good, advantage, benefit, interest

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صالح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Proper noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m

  1. a male given name
  2. (Islam) Saleh, a prophet of Islam

Declension

See also

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic صَالِح‎ (ṣāliḥ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

  1. virtuous, pious, righteous

Proper noun

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

  1. (Islam) Saleh, Salih
  2. a male given name from Arabic

References

  • “صالح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “صالح”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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