# सिध्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সিধ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬶᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সিধ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰰𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀺𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သိဓ် (Burmese script)
* સિધ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਿਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌿𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦶꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂱𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಿಧ್ (Kannada script)
* សិធ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສິຘ຺ (Lao script)
* സിധ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘱𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧒𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐶𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସିଧ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢶꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆴𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖰𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සිධ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩑𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚮𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸித்⁴ (Tamil script)
* సిధ్ (Telugu script)
* สิธฺ (Thai script)
* སི་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒱𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨁𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sidʱ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪id̪ʱ/

### Etymology 1

De Vaan derives the root from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáydʰ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáydʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”), and compares it to Latin cēdō (“to go, proceed”) and Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬝 (siiazdat̰, “will chase away”).

#### Alternative forms

* सेध् (sedh), षिध् (ṣidh)

#### Root

सिध् • (sidh)
* to drive off, scare away, repel, restrain, hinder
* to punish, chastise
* to ordain, instruct
* to turn out well or auspiciously

##### Derived terms

* सेधति (sédhati, Present)
* सेत्स्यति (setsyati, Future)
* सेधिष्यति (sedhiṣyati, Future)
* सेद्धा (seddhā, Periphrastic Future)
* सेधिता (sedhitā, Periphrastic Future)
* असेधीत् (asedhīt, Aorist)
* असैत्सीत् (asaitsīt, Aorist)
* सिषेध (siṣedha, Perfect)
* सिध्यते (sidhyate, Passive)
* असेधि (asedhi, Passive Aorist)
* सेधयति (sedhayati, Causative)
* असीषिधत् (asīṣidhat, Causative Aorist)
* सिसेधिषति (sisedhiṣati, Desiderative)
* सिसिधिषति (sisidhiṣati, Desiderative)
* सिषित्सति (siṣitsati, Desiderative)
* सिषेधयिषति (siṣedhayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* सेषेद्धि (séṣeddhi, Intensive)
* सेषिध्यते (seṣidhyate, Intensive)
* सिद्ध (siddha, Past Participle)
* सेद्धुम् (seddhum, Infinitive)
* सेधितुम् (sedhitum, Infinitive)
* सिध्य (sídhya, Gerund)
* सेध्य (sedhya, Gerundive)
* सेद्धव्य (seddhavya, Gerundive)
* सेधनीय (sedhanīya, Gerundive)
* सिद्धि (siddhi)
* सेद्धृ (seddhṛ)
* सेद्ध्र (seddhra)
* सेध (sedha)
* सेधक (sedhaka)
* सेधन (sedhana)
* सेधयितृ (sedhayitṛ)
* सेधिन् (sedhin)
* अपसिध् (apasidh)
* आसिध् (āsidh)
* उत्सिध् (utsidh)
* उपसिध् (upasidh)
* निषिध् (niṣidh)
* प्रतिषिध् (pratiṣidh)

### Etymology 2

See साध् (sādh).

#### Root

सिध् • (sidh)
* Alternative form of साध् (sādh, “to succeed”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सिध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1215/1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 186
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 728; 745-6
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 466; 501
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
* De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cēdō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 103-104