# सा
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sɑː/, [säː]

### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sanskrit सम (sama).

#### Postposition

सा • (sā) (Urdu spelling سا)
* like, as
* resembling, alike
* -ish, -esque
    वह बड़ा सा आदमी है। ― vah baṛā sā ādmī hai. ― He is like a big man.
    वो हरा सा है। ― vo harā sā hai. ― It is greenish.

##### Usage notes

The semblative particle is equivalent to the semblative case found in some languages.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

सा • (sā) m (indeclinable)
* (music) the first note of the Indian solfege – षड्ज (ṣaḍj)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Newar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sa]

### Noun

सा • (sā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐳𑐵)
* cattle

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* sā (Latin script)
* 𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* সা (Bengali script)
* සා (Sinhalese script)
* သာ or သႃ (Burmese script)
* สา (Thai script)
* ᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ສາ (Lao script)
* សា (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

सा
* Devanagari script form of sā, which is feminine nominative singular of त (ta, “that”)

### Pronoun

सा
* Devanagari script form of sā, which is nominative singular of ता (tā, “she, it”)

### Noun

सा
* Devanagari script form of sā, which is inflection of सन्:
** nominative singular
** nominative/vocative plural (san, “dog”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* সা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
* সা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သာ (Burmese script)
* સા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಾ (Kannada script)
* សា (Khmer script)
* ສາ (Lao script)
* സാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸா (Tamil script)
* సా (Telugu script)
* สา (Thai script)
* སཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɑː/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáH, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

सा • (sā) f
* feminine nominative singular of तद् (tad); she

#### Determiner

सा • (sā) f
* feminine nominative singular of तद् (tad); that one

### Etymology 2

Weak form of the root सन् (san).

#### Adjective

सा • (sā) stem
* giving, bestowing, granting (usually at the end of a compound)
    अप्सा (ap-sā) — giving water
    अश्वसा (aśva-sā) — gaining or procuring horses

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps
* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps
* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps

### Etymology 3

From Etymology 2 ?

#### Noun

सा • (sā) stem, f
* name of Lakshmi or Gauri

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Perhaps

### Etymology 4
#### Root

सा • (sā)
* Alternative form of सि (si, “to bind”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “सा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1196.