siddhi

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिद्धि (siddhi).

Noun

siddhi (countable and uncountable, plural siddhis)

1. (Hinduism, tantric Buddhism) spiritual power or psychic ability

Translations

spiritual power or psychic ability

• Burmese: သိဒ္ဓိ (my) (siddhi.)
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सिद्धि (Devanagari script)
• সিদ্ধি (Bengali script)
• සිද‍්ධි (Sinhalese script)
• သိဒ္ဓိ or သိၻ္ꩪိ or သိၻ်ꩪိ (Burmese script)
• สิทฺธิ or สิทธิ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨴ᩠ᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິທ຺ຘິ or ສິທຘິ (Lao script)
• សិទ្ធិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄘𑄴𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit सिद्धि (siddhi)

Noun

siddhi f

1. accomplishment
2. success

Declension

Declension table of "siddhi" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	siddhi	siddhiyo or siddhī
Accusative (second)	siddhiṃ	siddhiyo or siddhī
Instrumental (third)	siddhiyā	siddhīhi or siddhībhi
Dative (fourth)	siddhiyā	siddhīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	siddhiyā or siddhyā	siddhīhi or siddhībhi
Genitive (sixth)	siddhiyā	siddhīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	siddhiyā or siddhiyaṃ or siddhyaṃ	siddhīsu
Vocative (calling)	siddhi	siddhiyo or siddhī

Descendants

• → Burmese: သိဒ္ဓိ (siddhi.)
• → Old Khmer: siddhi
• → Khmer: សិទ្ធិ (sətthiʼ)
• → Lao: ສິດທິ (sit thi)
• → Thai: สิทธิ (sìt-tí, “entitlement; potential”)
• → Thai: สิทธิ์ (sìt, “entitlement; potential”)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “siddhi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead