सार्थ
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सार्थ (sārtha). Doublet of साथ (sāth).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɑːɾt̪ʰ/, [säːɾt̪ʰ]
Noun
सार्थ • (sārth) m (Urdu spelling سارتھ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सार्थ sārth |
सार्थ sārth |
| oblique | सार्थ sārth |
सार्थों sārthõ |
| vocative | सार्थ sārth |
सार्थो sārtho |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সাৰ্থ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬵᬃᬣ (Balinese script)
- সার্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- သာရ်္ထ (Burmese script)
- સાર્થ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਾਰ੍ਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦴꦂꦡ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂟 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಾರ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- សាថ៌ (Khmer script)
- ສາຣ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- സാര്ഥ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢗᠷᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ସାର୍ଥ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢵꢬ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- සාර්ථ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩬 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚚 (Takri script)
- ஸார்த² (Tamil script)
- సార్థ (Telugu script)
- สารฺถ (Thai script)
- སཱ་རྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɑ́ːɾ.tʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɑːɾ.t̪ʰɐ/
Noun
सार्थ • (sā́rtha) stem, m
- crowd, multitude
- troop
- convoy, caravan
- c. 700 CE, Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita:
- अथ पानीयार्थिसार्थजनेन समापत्त्या दृष्टोद्धृतं भर्तारमुपलभ्य धूमिन्योक्तम्...
- atha pānīyārthisārthajanena samāpattyā dṛṣṭoddhṛtaṃ bhartāramupalabhya dhūminyoktam...
- when Dhûminî, realizing that (his) husband had been fortuitously spotted (inside the well), lifted and rescued by a passing caravan in need of water, (she) said...
- अथ पानीयार्थिसार्थजनेन समापत्त्या दृष्टोद्धृतं भर्तारमुपलभ्य धूमिन्योक्तम्...
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सार्थः (sā́rthaḥ) | सार्थौ (sā́rthau) सार्था¹ (sā́rthā¹) |
सार्थाः (sā́rthāḥ) सार्थासः¹ (sā́rthāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | सार्थम् (sā́rtham) | सार्थौ (sā́rthau) सार्था¹ (sā́rthā¹) |
सार्थान् (sā́rthān) |
| instrumental | सार्थेन (sā́rthena) | सार्थाभ्याम् (sā́rthābhyām) | सार्थैः (sā́rthaiḥ) सार्थेभिः¹ (sā́rthebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सार्थाय (sā́rthāya) | सार्थाभ्याम् (sā́rthābhyām) | सार्थेभ्यः (sā́rthebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सार्थात् (sā́rthāt) | सार्थाभ्याम् (sā́rthābhyām) | सार्थेभ्यः (sā́rthebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सार्थस्य (sā́rthasya) | सार्थयोः (sā́rthayoḥ) | सार्थानाम् (sā́rthānām) |
| locative | सार्थे (sā́rthe) | सार्थयोः (sā́rthayoḥ) | सार्थेषु (sā́rtheṣu) |
| vocative | सार्थ (sā́rtha) | सार्थौ (sā́rthau) सार्था¹ (sā́rthā¹) |
सार्थाः (sā́rthāḥ) सार्थासः¹ (sā́rthāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- सार्थज (sārthaja, “born or reared in a caravan, tame (as an elephant)”)
- सार्थधर (sārthadhara, “of a caravan leader”)
- सार्थपाल (sārthapāla, “caravan guardian”)
- सार्थपति (sārthapati, “caravan chief”)
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣 (sattha)
- Bengali: সাথ (śath), সদ্দ (śoddo)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣 (sattha)
- Marathi: साठी (sāṭhī)
- Pali: sattha
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣 (sattha)
- Hindi: साथ (sāth)
- → Chinese: 薩寶 / 萨宝 (sàbǎo), 薩保 / 萨保 (sàbǎo) (perhaps)
- → Hindi: सार्थ (sārth)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सार्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1209/3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sāˊrtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press