Urdu Dictionary

سه सह sah

H سه सह sah [S. सहः], adj. (f. -ā), Bearing, enduring, suffering; sustaining; patient; able (com. used as last member of compounds);—s.m. Strength, power, ability; endurance, toleration, forbearance;—the Hindū month Mārg-śīrsh (Nov.-Dec.).

سه sih, vulg. si

P سه sih, vulg. si [Zend thri; S. त्रि], adj. Three:—si-bandī, s.m. A militia soldier employed in collecting revenue, or in police duties; an establishment of peons;—s.f. Charges in the revenue accounts for the maintenance of the afore-mentioned soldiers and peons; a tribute, contingent;—three-monthly or quarterly payment;—si-bandī ughānā, To levy or collect three-monthly payments:—si-pāya, s.m. A tripod, trivet:—si-pahar, s.m. 'The third watch,' afternoon:—si-pahal, adj. Trilateral:—si-ćand, adj. Three-fold, triple; three times, thrice:—si-ḥadda, adj. & s.m. Having three boundaries;—a place where three boundaries meet:—si-ḥarfī, adj. Consisting of three letters, triliteral:—si-dara, adj. Three-doored (a room, &c.; syn. ti-darā):—si-sāla, adj. Triennial:—si-shamba, s.m. Tuesday:—si-faṣla, adj. Having three harvests; yielding three crops:—si-karrar, adv. Three times as much; a third time:—si-gāna, adj. Three kinds, of three kinds:—si-gaḍḍā, s.m. A village where the boundaries of three other villages meet; a village enclosed by the boundaries of three other villages;—si-gosha, adj. Three-cornered; triangular;—s.m. A triangle:—si-gūna, adj. Three-fold:—si-māhī, adj. Three-monthly, every three months:—si-mcnzila, adj. Having three stories or floors (a house, &c.).

شاه shāh

P شاه shāh [Zend khshaya, rt. khshi = S. क्षि(क्षयति)], s.m. King, prince, monarch, &c.; the king (at chess or cards); a title assumed by faqīrs;—adj. (in comp.) Royal, noble, great, excellent, principal; the longest, largest, or best (of its kind), &c.:—shāh-ālū, s.m. A kind of plum; a prune, Prunus cerabus:—shāh-bāz, adj. Royal, noble, generous;—s.m. A royal falcon:—shāh-bāsh, intj. perhaps for shābāsh, q.v.:—shāh-bāshī, s.f.=shābāshī, q.v.:—shāh-bālā, s.m. The boy (of the same age, height, and figure as the bridegroom, and similarly dressed and decorated) who accompanies the bridegroom to the bride's house on the night of the barāt;—the groom or attendant who rides behind a great man (also shah-bālā):—shāh-ballūt̤ or balūt̤, s.m. 'Royal oak'; the oak; the chesnut:—shāh-bandar, s.m. Chief port or harbour; (local) custom-house;—a harbour-master; the receiver-general of duties or tribute:—shāh-par (and shah-par), s.m. The largest or strongest feather (in a bird's wing):—shāh-tarra or tara, s.m. Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis:—shāh-tīr (and shah-tīr), s.m. The large beam (of a house); a beam:—shāh-ě-ḵẖāwar, s.m. 'The monarch of the East,' the sun:—shāh-ḵẖẉurdī, s.f. A kind of sweetmeat used on great occasions:—shāh-darā, s.m. A village on a river (in front of a king's palace);—the highway:—shāh-daryā, s.m. 'Old man of the sea'; one of the seven demons held in awe by Moḥammadan women:—shāh-rāh, s.f. 'King's road,' the highway, main road; a principal street:—shāh-zādagī (and shah-zādagī), s.f. The state, or the youth, of a prince; nobility (syn. amīrī); the minority of a prince;—youthful folly; foolish pride:—shāh-zāda (and shah-zāda), s.m. 'King's son,' the prince-royal; a prince; (in the language of women) a dear son:—shāh-zādī, s.f. A princess; a queen;—the state of prince or princess:—shāh-sawār (and shah-sawār), s.m. A good rider, an expert horseman:—shāh-gām, adj. Pleasant-paced, having easy paces (a horse);—s.m. The royal pace, name of a particular pace of a horse:—shāh-ě-gardūn, s.m. 'King of the firmament,' the sun:—shāh-ě-mardān, 'King of heroes,' a title of the Khalīfa ʻAlī:—shāh-ě-mashriq, s.m. 'Monarch of the East,' the sun:—shāh-nāma, s.f. A celebrated epic poem, containing a history of the kings of Persia (written by Firdausī about the year of Christ 1000):—shāh-ě-nīm-roz, s.m. 'King of mid-day,' the sun:—shāh-nishīn (and

shah-nishīn), s.m. The king's seat (i.e. a gallery or balcony projecting from the palace, where the king shows himself to his people); a balcony, gallery; the principal seat in an assembly, a president's seat:—shāh-wār (and shah-wār), adj. Royal, princely, noble; like a king; fit for a king, befitting a king;—s.m. A fine royal pearl.

صحيح ṣaḥīḥ v.n. fr. صحّ 'to be healthy, or sound,' c.

A صحيح ṣaḥīḥ (v.n. fr. صحّ 'to be healthy, or sound,' &c.), adj. Healthy, sound, valid; perfect; whole, entire; substantial, real, true, genuine; pure; right, just, proper, correct, accurate, authentic, sure, certain;—s.f. Signature, sign or mark, attestation; sanction (syn. taṣdīq):—ṣaḥīhuʼl-badanī, s.f. Soundness of body:—ṣaḥīḥ-sālim or ṣaḥīḥ-salāmat, adj. & adv. Safe and sound, safe and well:—ṣaḥīḥ qarāṛ denā (-ko), To determine, or to receive, as genuine or valid:—ṣaḥīḥ karnā, v.t. To make sound, &c.; to make well, to cure, heal; to rectify, set right, regulate, correct, adjust, mend; to complete, finish, perfect; to render valid, to substantiate, to establish, to verify; to make certain, to determine (syn. ṭhīk karnā; durust karnā);—to vouchsafe, give, or deal (a slap, &c.), to strike, hit (e.g. tamāṅća ṣaḥīḥ karnā);—to write one's signature (in, -meṅ), to sign (a document, &c.); to enter (in an account, &c.), to book, register:—ṣaḥīḥuʼn-nasab, adj. Of pure or genuine descent; legitimate:—ṣaḥīḥ honā, v.n. To be rectified, be corrected; to be confirmed, be substantiated, &c.;—to be signed; be attested, &c.:—ṣaḥīḥ hai, It is right, or true, &c.; true; all right; quite correct; exactly, precisely (syn. durust).

شة shah contrac. of shāh

P شة shah (contrac. of shāh), s.m. & adj. A king, &c. (see shāh):—shah-ćāl, s.f. A term in chess (when the king only can move):—shah-denā (-ko), To praise falsely, to flatter;—to give a paper-kite string:—shah-ruḵẖ, s.m. (in Chess), Check to the king by a castle or rook; a divergent check on the part of the knight (or any inferior piece), at once attacking the king and the castle:—shah-rag, s.f. The great artery, the aorta; the jugular vein (in the arm, &c.):—shah-zor, adj. Very strong or powerful, stout, gallant, brave, heroic:—shah-zorī, s.f. Great strength, might; valour, heroism, prowess:—shah-māt, s.f.(?), Check-mate. (For compounds not found in this place see s.v. shāh, for which shah may in most cases be substituted.)