# साध्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* सिध् (sidh) (in compounds and derivatives), सध् (sadh)

### Alternative scripts

* সাধ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬵᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সাধ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰯𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သာဓ် (Burmese script)
* સાધ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸਾਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌾𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦴꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂰𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಾಧ್ (Kannada script)
* សាធ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສາຘ຺ (Lao script)
* സാധ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠠᢗᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧑𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐵𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସାଧ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢵꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆳𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖯𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සාධ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩛𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚭𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸாத்⁴ (Tamil script)
* సాధ్ (Telugu script)
* สาธฺ (Thai script)
* སཱ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒰𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨊𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáHdʰ, from Proto-Indo-European *seHdʰ-; cognate with Old Armenian աջ (aǰ, “right”) and perhaps Ancient Greek ἰθύς (ithús, “straight, direct”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɑːdʱ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪ɑːd̪ʱ/

### Root

साध् • (sādh)
* to go straight to any goal or aim, attain an object, to be successful, succeed, prosper
* to bring straight to an object or end, further, promote, advance, accomplish, complete, finish
* to submit or agree to, obey
* to be completed or accomplished

#### Derived terms

* साधति (sā́dhati, Present)
* साध्नोति (sādhnoti, Present)
* सध्नोति (sadhnoti, Present)
* साध्यति (sādhyati, Present)
* सात्स्यति (sātsyati, Future)
* साद्धा (sāddhā, Periphrastic Future)
* असात्सीत् (asātsīt, Aorist)
* ससाध (sasādha, Perfect)
* साधयति (sādháyati, Causative)
* असीषधत् (asīṣadhat, Causative Aorist)
* साध्यते (sādhyate, Passive of Causative)
* सिषात्सति (siṣātsati, Desiderative)
* सिषाधयिषति (siṣādhayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* सिसाधयिषति (sisādhayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* सासाध्यते (sāsādhyate, Intensive)
* सासाद्धि (sāsāddhi, Intensive)
* साधित (sādhita, Past Participle)
* साद्धुम् (sāddhum, Infinitive)
* साधितुम् (sādhitum, Infinitive)
* साधसे (sā́dhase, Infinitive)
* साध्य (sādhyá, Gerundive)
* साधनीय (sādhanīya, Gerundive)
* साधित (sādhita, Causative Past Participle)
* साध्य (sādhya, Causative Gerund)
* साध्य (sādhyá, Causative Gerundive)
* साधयितव्य (sādhayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* सिषाधयिषु (siṣādhayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)
* सद्धि (saddhi)
* साध् (sādh)
* साध (sā́dha)
* साधक (sādhaka)
* साधन (sā́dhana)
* साधयितृ (sādhayitṛ)
* साधस् (sā́dhas)
* साधिन् (sādhin)
* साधिष्ठ (sā́dhiṣṭha)
* साधीयस् (sādhīyas)
* साधु (sādhú)
* सिषाधयिषा (siṣādhayiṣā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “साध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1200/3, 1201/1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 185
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “sādh”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 722-3