# sah
## Translingual
### Symbol

sah
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yakut.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

## English
### Noun

sah
* Pronunciation spelling of sir.
** 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎:The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate. “He ain’t at home, sah; he’s downtown at his o’fice.”

#### Usage notes

* Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

#### Alternative forms

* suh

#### Related terms

* yessah

### See also

* ke-mo sah-bee

### Anagrams

* ha's, SHA, Ash, ash, Hsa., sha, AHS, has, Ahs, ahs

## Dogrib
### Noun

sah
* bear (mammal)

## French
### Alternative forms

* sahh

### Etymology

Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

sah (invariable)
* (slang) serious
    «T’es sah? Le mec nous insulte et tu dis rien?»"Are you serious? The dude insults us and you don't say anything?"

### Interjection

sah
* (slang) seriously

#### Derived terms

* en sah
* sah quel plaisir
* tah sah

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aː
* Homophone: Saar (some speakers)

### Verb

sah
* first/third-person singular preterite of sehen

## Gothic
### Romanization

sah
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃɒx]
* Hyphenation: sah
* Rhymes: -ɒx

### Noun

sah (plural sahok)
* shah

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sah in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

### Anagrams

* has

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsah]
* Hyphenation: sah

### Etymology 1

From Malay sah, from Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).

#### Adjective

sah
* correct, true, valid
* genuine, authentic, authoritative
    Synonyms: asli, autentik

#### Verb

sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)
* to be done correctly
* to be (officially) recognized/accepted.
    Synonym: berlaku
    Antonym: batal

#### Derived terms

* kesahan
* mengesahkan
* pengesahan

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sah (uncountable)
* Alternative form of syah (“shah”)

### Further reading

* “sah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

Clipping of Arabic صحة

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Malaysian) IPA: /sah/

### Adjective

sah (Jawi spelling صح)
* valid; legitimate; lawful
** 2019, Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, Anak Seorang Drebar, Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books, →ISBN, page 294:Tanpa lesen yang sah, Pemasang Motor Motor Pahang tidak dapat beroperasi.Without a valid licence, Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate.

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sah

### Further reading

* “sah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑːx/

### Verb

sāh
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sēon

## South Slavey
### Alternative forms

* (Fort Liard) shah

### Etymology

Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sà(h)]
* Hyphenation: sah

### Noun

sah (stem -za-)
* bear

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

#### Derived terms

* sahcho
* sahdhéh
* sahyaa

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24

## Spanish
### Noun

sah m (plural sah)
* shah (king of Persia)

### Further reading

* “sah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10