سایہ

See also: سایه

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑːj.ɑ(ː)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: سا‧یَہ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَایَه (sāya). Doublet of چھاؤں (chāõ).

Noun

سایَہ • (sāya) m (Hindi spelling साया)

1. shadow, shade
2. apparition
3. (figurative) shelter
4. (figurative) reflection
5. (figurative) supervised, brought up by
   • 1880, مُحَمّد حُسَین آزاد, آبِ حَیات [āb-i hayāt]:

     مِرزا چَچا کے سایَہ میں پَروَرِش پاتے تھے۔ مَگَر اِتِّفاق یہ کِہ مَرْگِ ناگَہانی میں وہ مَر گَئے۔

     mirzā cacā ke sāya mẽ parvariś pāte the. magar ittifāq ye ki marg-i nāgahānī mẽ vo mar gae.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of سایہ

	singular	plural
direct	سایَہ (sāīah)	سایے (sāīe)
oblique	سایے (sāīe)	سایوں (sāīõ)
vocative	سایے (sāīe)	سایو (sāīo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese saia.

Noun

سایَہ • (sāya) m (Hindi spelling साया)

1. dress, gown

Declension

Declension of سایہ

	singular	plural
direct	سایَہ (sāīah)	سایے (sāīe)
oblique	سایے (sāīe)	سایوں (sāīõ)
vocative	سایے (sāīe)	سایو (sāīo)

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit साय (sāya).

Noun

سایَہ • (sāya) m (Hindi spelling साय)

1. end
2. termination
3. evening
4. arrow

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “سایہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., pages 631-632
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سایہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 367
• “سایہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “سايه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• “سایہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.