# सद्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সদ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সদ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သဒ် (Burmese script)
* સદ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸದ್ (Kannada script)
* សទ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສທ຺ (Lao script)
* സദ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସଦ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සද් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸத்³ (Tamil script)
* సద్ (Telugu script)
* สทฺ (Thai script)
* ས་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Cognates include Latin sedeō, Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti), Old English sittan (whence English sit).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐd/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐd̪/

### Root

सद् • (sad)
* to sit down
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.29.2:योनि॒मेक॒ आ स॑साद॒ द्योत॑नो॒ऽन्तर्दे॒वेषु॒ मेधि॑रः॥yóniméka ā́ sasāda dyótanoʼntárdevéṣu médhiraḥ.One (Agni) intelligent, resplendent among the gods, is seated in his place (the altar).
* to sink down, despair, perish

#### Derived terms

* सीदति (sī́dati, Present)
* सत्स्यति (satsyáti, Future)
* सीदिष्यति (sīdiṣyati, Future)
* सत्ता (sattā, Periphrastic Future)
* असदत् (ásadat, Aorist)
* असादीत् (asādīt, Aorist)
* ससाद (sasā́da, Perfect)
* सद्यते (sadyate, Passive)
* असादि (ásādi, Passive Aorist)
* सादयति (sādáyati, Causative)
* असीषदत् (ásīṣadat, Causative Aorist)
* साद्यते (sādyate, Passive of Causative)
* सिषत्सति (siṣatsati, Desiderative)
* सासद्यते (sāsadyate, Intensive)
* सन्न (sanná, Past Participle)
* सत्त (sattá, Past Participle)
* सत्तुम् (sattum, Infinitive)
* सीदितुम् (sīditum, Infinitive)
* सदे (sáde, Infinitive)
* सद्य (sádya, Gerund)
* सद्य (sádya, Gerundive)
* सादयितव्य (sādayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* सिसादयिषु (sisādayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)
* नीड (nīḍá)
* सत्ति (satti)
* सत्तृ (sáttṛ)
* सत्त्र (sattrá)
* सद (sada)
* सदन (sádana)
* सदस् (sádas)
* सद्मन् (sadman)
* सद्वन् (sádvan)
* सन्नि (sanni)
* साद (sādá)
* सादन (sā́dana)
* सादि (sādi)
* सादिन् (sādín)
* सेदि (sedí)
* अवसद् (avasad)
* आसद् (āsad)
* उत्सद् (utsad)
* उपनिषद् (upaniṣad)
* उपसद् (upasad)
* निषद् (niṣad)
* परिषद् (pariṣad)
* प्रसद् (prasad)
* विषद् (viṣad)
* संसद् (saṃsad)

### Adjective

सद् • (sád) stem
* sitting or dwelling in

#### Derived terms

* उपनिषद् (upaniṣád)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1138, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 183
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 692-3
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “sad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.