सह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to hold, posess, overcome, overpower). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, have, possess, hold), σχῆμᾰ (skhêma, form, shape, figure), σχολή (skholḗ, leisure, free time; philosophy) whence Latin schola (leisure time for learning, schooltime, school); Latin sēverus (severe, strict, harsh). See also सहस् (sahas).

Pronunciation

Root

सह् (sah)

  1. to prevail, be victorious, overcome, vanquish
  2. to conquer, defeat
  3. to master, suppress, restrain
  4. to be able, capable
  5. to endure, resist, suffer, tolerate

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), सह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1192.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 184
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), सह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), सह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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