# सहाय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sə.ɦɑːj/, [sɐ.ɦäːj]

### Noun

सहाय • (sahāy) m or f by sense
* helper, rescuer, patron
* (only feminine) help, assistance, protection

#### Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

#### Related terms

* सहायक (sahāyak)
* सहायता (sahāytā)
* सहायता करना (sahāytā karnā)
* सहायता देना (sahāytā denā)
* सहायिका (sahāyikā)
* सहायी (sahāyī)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहाय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sə.ɦaj/, [saj]

### Noun

सहाय • (sahāy) m
* companion, adherent, follower
* assistant, helper

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सहाय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সহায় (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬳᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
* সহায় (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰮𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀳𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* သဟာယ (Burmese script)
* સહાય (Gujarati script)
* ਸਹਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌹𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦲꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂯𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಹಾಯ (Kannada script)
* សហាយ (Khmer script)
* ສຫາຍ (Lao script)
* സഹായ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘮𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᠾᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧎𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐴𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
* ସହାଯ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢲꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆲𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖮𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
* සහාය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪂𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚩𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஸஹாய (Tamil script)
* సహాయ (Telugu script)
* สหาย (Thai script)
* ས་ཧཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒯𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨱𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐ.ɦɑː.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɐˈɦɑː.jɐ/

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where is this definition pulled from? Is it perhaps a semantic extension of Etymology 2 (ghee or clarified butter is a major helper with flavor and texture)?”

#### Adjective

सहाय • (sahā-ya)
* along with clarified butter

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Probably from सह (saha, “companion”) +‎ अय (aya, “go”) (compare सहायन (sahā-yana)). An alternate derivation from a Prakrit form of सखाय (sakhāya) (for which see सखि (sakhi, “friend”) for more) is less likely.

#### Noun

सहाय • (sahā-ya) stem, m
* "one who goes along with (another)", a companion, follower, adherent, ally, assistant, helper in or to (locative or compound)
* (at the end of a compound) "having as a companion or assistant, accompanied or supported by"
* (ibc.) companionship, assistance
* name of Shiva
* ruddy goose
* a kind of drug or perfume

##### Descendants

* Lü: ᦉᦠᦻ (ṡḣaay)
* Malay: sahaya
** Indonesian: sahaya
* Malay: saya
** Indonesian: saya
* Old Javanese: sahāya
* Thai: สหาย (sà-hǎai)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सहाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1194/3, 1195/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-8