sah

sah

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yakut.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

sah

1. Pronunciation spelling of sir.
   • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎^[1]:

     The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate.
     “He ain’t at home, sah; he’s downtown at his o’fice.”

• Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

• suh

• yessah

• ke-mo sah-bee

• ha's, SHA, Ash, ash, Hsa., sha, AHS, has, Ahs, ahs

sah

1. bear (mammal)

• sahh

Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).

• IPA^(key): /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/

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sah (invariable)

1. (slang) serious

   «T’es sah? Le mec nous insulte et tu dis rien?»

   "Are you serious? The dude insults us and you don't say anything?"

sah

1. (slang) seriously

• IPA^(key): /zaː/

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• Rhymes: -aː
• Homophone: Saar (some speakers)

sah

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sehen

sah

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷

From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒx]
• Hyphenation: sah
• Rhymes: -ɒx

sah (plural sahok)

1. shah

• sah in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• has

• IPA^(key): [ˈsah]
• Hyphenation: sah

From Malay sah, from Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).

sah (comparative lebih sah, superlative paling sah)

1. correct, true, valid
2. genuine, authentic, authoritative

   Synonyms: asli, autentik

sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)

1. to be done correctly
2. to be (officially) recognized/accepted

   Synonym: berlaku

   Antonym: batal

sah (plural sah-sah)

1. alternative form of syah (“shah”)

• “sah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Clipping of Arabic صحة

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /sah/

sah (Jawi spelling صح)

1. valid; legitimate; lawful
   • 2019, Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, Anak Seorang Drebar, Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books, →ISBN, page 294:

     Tanpa lesen yang sah, Pemasang Motor Motor Pahang tidak dapat beroperasi.

     Without a valid licence, Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate.

• Indonesian: sah

• “sah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /sɑːx/

sāh

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sēon

• (Fort Liard) shah

Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.

• IPA^(key): [sà(h)]
• Hyphenation: sah

sah (stem -za-)

1. bear

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24

sah m (plural sah)

1. shah (king of Persia)

• “sah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024