સહી

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَحِیح (sahīh) with a semantic narrowing from “right, correct” to “signature” in Indian Persian,[1] from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ, “correct, valid”).

Cognates

Compare Marathi सही (sahī), Bengali সই (śoi), Kannada ಸಹಿ (sahi), Hindi सही (sahī).

Pronunciation

Adjective

સહી • (sahī) (indeclinable)

  1. right, correct, accurate

Noun

સહી • (sahī) f

  1. signature
    Synonym: હસ્તાક્ષર (hastākṣar)
    સહી કરવું ― sahī karvũ ― to sign
  2. ink

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

More information
  • “સહી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • “સહી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • “સહી”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • અમીરમિયાં હમદૂમિયાં ફારૂકી (1926) “સહી”, in ગુજરાતી ફારસી અરબી શબ્દકોશ (gujrātī phārsī arabī śabdakoś) [Gujarati, Persian, Arabic Dictionary] (in Gujarati), volume 2, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad], page 263
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