সই

Bengali

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃoi̯/, [ˈʃoi̯]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃoi̯/, [ˈʃoi̯]
  • Hyphenation: স‧ই
  • Rhymes: -oi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh), with a semantic narrowing in Indian Persian,[1] from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ, correct, valid). First attested in the 18th century as Middle Bengali সহি (śohi). Doublet of সহীহ (sohih), borrowed directly from Arabic.

Noun

সই • (śoi)

  1. signature
    এটা কার সই?
    eṭa kar śoi?
    Whose signature is this?
Inflection
indefinite forms
nominative সই (śoi)
objective সই / সইকে (śoi (semantically general or indefinite) / śoike (semantically definite))
genitive সইর (śoir)
locative সইতে (śoite)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative সইটা , সইটি (śoiṭa (colloquial), śoiṭi (formal)) সইগুলা, সইগুলো (śoigula (colloquial), śoigulo (formal))
objective সইটা, সইটি (śoiṭa (colloquial), śoiṭi (formal)) সইগুলা, সইগুলো (śoigula (colloquial), śoigulo (formal))
genitive সইটার, সইটির (śoiṭar (colloquial), śoiṭir (formal)) সইগুলার, সইগুলোর (śoigular (colloquial), śoigulor (formal))
locative সইটাতে / সইটায়, সইটিতে (śoiṭate / śoiṭay (colloquial), śoiṭite (formal)) সইগুলাতে / সইগুলায়, সইগুলোতে (śoigulate / śoigulay (colloquial), śoigulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀺 (sahi), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī). Doublet of সখী (śokhi).

Noun

সই • (śoi)

  1. female friend, comparison

References

  1. ^ Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 864.

Further reading

  • Atindra Mojumder (1981) “সই/সহি”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 465