صحیح

See also: صحيح

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? sahīh
    Dari reading? sahīh
    Iranian reading? sahih
    Tajik reading? saheh

    Adjective

    صحیح • (sahīh / sahih) (Tajik spelling саҳеҳ)

    1. right, correct
      Synonym: درست (dorost)

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: सही (sahī)
      Urdu: صحیح (sahīh)
    • Marathi: सही (sahī)
    • Marwari: सई (saī)
    • Middle Bengali: সহি (śohi)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਸਹੀ (sahī)
      Shahmukhi script: صَحِیح (ṣaḥīḥ), سَہِی (sahī)

    Punjabi

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (sahih), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ). Compare Urdu صَحِیح (sahīh, correct) and Bengali সই (śoi, signature).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sə˩˥iː/, /sə.ɦiː˩˥/

    Adjective

    صَحِیح • (ṣaḥīḥ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੀ)

    1. right, correct, accurate
      Synonym: ٹھِیک (ṭhīk)
      Antonym: غَلْط (ġalt̤)

    Noun

    صَحِیح • (ṣaḥīḥf (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੀ)

    1. (rare) signature, sign
      Synonym: دَسْتْخَط (dastxat̤)

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      صَحِیح • (sahīh or sahī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सही)

      1. right, correct, accurate
        Synonyms: ٹھیک (ṭhīk), درست (durust)
        Antonym: غلط (ġalat)
      • صحیح طرح (sahīh tarah, correctly)
      • صَحِیح کَرنا (sahīh karnā, to fix)

      References

      • صحیح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • صحیح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.