सारथि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সাৰথি (Assamese script)
ᬲᬵᬭᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
সারথি (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰯𑰨𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
သာရထိ (Burmese script)
સારથિ (Gujarati script)
ਸਾਰਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦴꦫꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂰𑂩𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಸಾರಥಿ (Kannada script)
សារថិ (Khmer script)
ສາຣຖິ (Lao script)
സാരഥി (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘰𑘨𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧑𑧈𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐵𑐬𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
ସାରଥି (Odia script)
ꢱꢵꢬꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆳𑆫𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖯𑖨𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
සාරථි (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩛𑩼𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
ஸாரதி² (Tamil script)
సారథి (Telugu script)
สารถิ (Thai script)
སཱ་ར་ཐི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒰𑒩𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨊𑨫𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of सरथ (sáratha), from स- (sa-, “together”) +‎ रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑ́ː.ɾɐ.tʰi/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.ɾɐ.t̪ʰi/

Noun

सार॑थि • (sā́rathi) stem, m

a charioteer, a coachman
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.57.6:
  उत् पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑र् इव॒ सार॑थिः ।
  म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
  út pūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmaheʼbhī́śūm̐r iva sā́rathiḥ.
  mahyā́ índraṃ svastáye.
  As a charioteer draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near,
  And Indra, for our great success.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of सार॑थि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सार॑थिः (sā́rathiḥ)	सार॑थी (sā́rathī)	सार॑थयः (sā́rathayaḥ)
accusative	सार॑थिम् (sā́rathim)	सार॑थी (sā́rathī)	सार॑थीन् (sā́rathīn)
instrumental	सार॑थिना (sā́rathinā) सार॑थ्या¹ (sā́rathyā¹)	सार॑थिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सार॑थिभिः (sā́rathibhiḥ)
dative	सार॑थये (sā́rathaye)	सार॑थिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सार॑थिभ्यः (sā́rathibhyaḥ)
ablative	सार॑थेः (sā́ratheḥ) सार॑थ्यः¹ (sā́rathyaḥ¹)	सार॑थिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सार॑थिभ्यः (sā́rathibhyaḥ)
genitive	सार॑थेः (sā́ratheḥ) सार॑थ्यः¹ (sā́rathyaḥ¹)	सार॑थ्योः (sā́rathyoḥ)	सार॑थीनाम् (sā́rathīnām)
locative	सार॑थौ (sā́rathau) सार॑था¹ (sā́rathā¹)	सार॑थ्योः (sā́rathyoḥ)	सार॑थिषु (sā́rathiṣu)
vocative	सार॑थे (sā́rathe)	सार॑थी (sā́rathī)	सार॑थयः (sā́rathayaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

पार्थसारथि (pārthasārathi)

Descendants

Pali: sārathi
→ Hindi: सारथी (sārthī)
→ Kannada: ಸಾರಥಿ (sārathi)
→ Lao: ສາຣະຖີ (sā ra thī), ສາລະຖີ (sā la thī)
→ Malayalam: സാരഥി (sārathi)
→ Tamil: சாரதி (cārati)
→ Telugu: సారథి (sārathi)
→ Thai: สารถี (sǎa-rá-tǐi)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “सारथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1208, column 3.