ساہ

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to pant, puff, sigh”). Cognate with Latin queror, English quarrel, wheeze, Icelandic hvæsa, Pashto سا (sā, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsa).

ساہ • (sáh)

1. breath

• نپس (napas)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa), from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsa), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwos-ó-s.

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: sā́(h) IPA^(key): /säː˦(ɦ)/
• Rhymes: -äː˦

ساہ • (sāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹ)

1. breath
2. (by extension):
   1. respite, rest, relaxation
   2. accord, calm
   3. push, power, strength
   4. rich, wealthy
   5. an honest person

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ساہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ساہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸਾਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740