सह्

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to hold, posess, overcome, overpower). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, have, possess, hold), σχῆμᾰ (skhêma, form, shape, figure), σχολή (skholḗ, leisure, free time; philosophy) whence Latin schola (leisure time for learning, schooltime, school); Latin sēverus (severe, strict, harsh).

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

सह् (sah)

  1. to prevail, be victorious, overcome, vanquish
  2. to conquer, defeat
  3. to master, suppress, restrain
  4. to be able, capable
  5. to endure, resist, suffer, tolerate

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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “सह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1192/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 184
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 717-8
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press