As a deity name
Name 813 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 213 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
सहाय · noun · masculine
सहायता । मदद । सहारा · आश्रय । भरोसा · सहायक । मददगार — Śabdasāgara
सहाय · sahāy · s.m.
f. Help, succour, aiḍ, assistance, support, relief; confederation; fellowship; friendship — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 705
सहाय · feminine,masculine
helper, rescuer, patron; help, assistance, protection
Cited formation "सहाय" is स- + हाय: हाय means "alas!", and the prefix स- forms with, together with, same. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(23) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सहाय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सहाय (sahāya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
sahāya &c. See p. 1195.
sahāya m. (ifc. f(ā). prob. fr. saha + aya cf. sahāyana; but accord. to some, a Prākṛt form of sakhāya See sakhi, p. 1130) ‘one who goes along with (another)’, a companion, follower, adherent, ally, assistant, helper in or to (loc. or comp.; ifc. ‘having as a companion or assistant, accompanied or supported by’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘one who goes along with (another)’, a companion, follower, adherent, ally, assistant, helper in or to (loc. or comp.; ifc. ‘having as a companion or assistant, accompanied or supp…
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M1 · same meaning "sahāya" is the dative of "saha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sahāya &c. See p. 1195.
sahāya m. (ifc. f(ā). prob. fr. saha + aya cf. sahāyana; but accord. to some, a Prākṛt form of sakhāya See sakhi, p. 1130) ‘one who goes along with (another)’, a companion, follower, adherent, ally, assistant, helper in or to (loc. or comp.; ifc. ‘having as a companion or assistant, accompanied or supported by’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
(ibc.) companionship, assistance (see comp.)
N. of Śiva, MBh.
the ruddy goose, L.
1. saha mf(ā)n. powerful, mighty, RV.
(ifc.) overcoming, vanquishing, MBh.
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