साध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

सिध् (sidh) (in compounds and derivatives), सध् (sadh)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সাধ্ (Assamese script)
ᬲᬵᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
সাধ্ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰯𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀸𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
သာဓ် (Burmese script)
સાધ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸਾਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌾𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦴꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂰𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಸಾಧ್ (Kannada script)
សាធ៑ (Khmer script)
ສາຘ຺ (Lao script)
സാധ് (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᢗᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧑𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐵𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
ସାଧ୍ (Odia script)
ꢱꢵꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆳𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖯𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
සාධ් (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩛𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚭𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
ஸாத்⁴ (Tamil script)
సాధ్ (Telugu script)
สาธฺ (Thai script)
སཱ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒰𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨊𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *seHdʰ- (“to go forth, succeed”); cognate with Old Armenian աջ (aǰ, “right”) and perhaps Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús, “straight, direct”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑːdʱ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑːd̪ʱ/

Root

साध् • (sādh)

to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper
to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish
to submit or agree to, obey
to be completed or accomplished

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

साध॑ति (sā́dhati, present)
साध्नोति (sādhnoti, present)
सध्नोति (sadhnoti, present)
साध्यति (sādhyati, present)
सात्स्यति (sātsyati, future)
साद्धा (sāddhā, periphrastic future)
असात्सीत् (asātsīt, aorist)
ससाध (sasādha, perfect)

Secondary forms

सा॒धय॑ति (sādháyati, causative)
असीषधत् (asīṣadhat, causative aorist)
साध्यते (sādhyate, passive of causative)
सिषात्सति (siṣātsati, desiderative)
सिषाधयिषति (siṣādhayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
सिसाधयिषति (sisādhayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
सासाध्यते (sāsādhyate, intensive)
सासाद्धि (sāsāddhi, intensive)

Non-finite forms

साधित (sādhita, past participle)
साद्धुम् (sāddhum, infinitive)
साधितुम् (sādhitum, infinitive)
साध॑से (sā́dhase, infinitive)
सा॒ध्य (sādhyá, gerundive)
साधनीय (sādhanīya, gerundive)
साधित (sādhita, causative past participle)
साध्य (sādhya, causative gerund)
सा॒ध्य (sādhyá, causative gerundive)
साधयितव्य (sādhayitavya, causative gerundive)
सिषाधयिषु (siṣādhayiṣu, desiderative participle of causative)

Derived nominal forms

सद्धि (saddhi)
साध् (sādh)
साध॑ (sā́dha)
साधक (sādhaka)
साध॑न (sā́dhana)
साधयितृ (sādhayitṛ)
साध॑स् (sā́dhas)
साधिन् (sādhin)
साधि॑ष्ठ (sā́dhiṣṭha)
साधीयस् (sādhīyas)
सा॒धु (sādhú)
सिषाधयिषा (siṣādhayiṣā)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root साध् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root साध् (10 c, 0 e)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SĀDH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 722

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “साध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1200/3, 1201/1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 185

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “sādh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.