साहसी (saahsii)

adjective A single-sense adjective meaning 'courageous, bold'; related to the noun साहस (saahas, 'courage') from which it derives.
Sense 1 : courageous, brave, bold
adjective
Synonyms: बहादुर (bahaadur), हिम्मती (himmtii), निडर (nidar, fearless), बेखौफ़ (bekhauf, fearless, colloquial), वीर (viir, literary)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This word sits comfortably in both storybook and real-life register -- you'll hear it describing a fearless soldier in a history lesson as easily as a kid who jumped into the pool first. Its cousin निडर (nidar) leans slightly more colloquial and everyday, while साहसी (saahsii) has a touch more formality, the kind you'd use in a school essay praising a freedom fighter.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to inflect साहसी (saahsii) like कड़ा (kadaa) for gender/number, giving forms like साहसा (saahsaa) -- but it stays साहसी (saahsii) for masculine and feminine, singular and plural alike. 2) Don't confuse with साहस (saahas), the noun 'courage' itself -- साहसी (saahsii) describes the person who has it, e.g. साहसी लड़का (saahsii ladkaa, 'brave boy') vs. उसमें साहस है (usmen saahas hai, 'he has courage').
Sample Sentences:
वह बहुत साहसी लड़की है। She is a very brave girl.
(vah bahut saahsii ladkii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
स्वतंत्रता सेनानी साहसी थे और उन्होंने अपनी जान की परवाह नहीं की। The freedom fighters were brave and did not care for their own lives.
(svatantrtaa senaanii saahsii the aur unhonne apnii jaan kii parvaah nahiin kii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
साहसी बनो, डर कर पीछे मत हटो। Be brave, don't step back out of fear.
(saahsii bano, dar kar piichhe mat hato।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
काश मैं भी उतना साहसी होता जितना मेरा भाई है। I wish I were as brave as my brother is.
(kaash main bhii utnaa saahsii hotaa jitnaa meraa bhaaii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
अगर वह साहसी होती, तो अकेली पहाड़ पर चढ़ जाती। If she were brave, she would have climbed the mountain alone.
(agar vah saahsii hotii, to akelii pahaad par chadh jaatii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस निबंध में हमें उस साहसी सैनिक की कहानी बतानी है जिसने सीमा की रक्षा की। In this essay, we have to tell the story of that brave soldier who defended the border.
(is nibandh men hamen us saahsii sainik kii kahaanii bataanii hai jisne siimaa kii rakshaa kii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम इतने साहसी हो कि अंधेरे में अकेले जा सको? Are you brave enough to go alone in the dark?
(kyaa tum itne saahsii ho ki andhere men akele jaa sako?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
शायद वह इतना साहसी न हो कि सबके सामने सच बोल सके। Perhaps he isn't brave enough to speak the truth in front of everyone.
(shaayad vah itnaa saahsii n ho ki sabke saamne sach bol sake।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
साहसी योद्धाओं ने शत्रु की सेना को हरा दिया। The brave warriors defeated the enemy's army.
(saahsii yoddhaaon ne shatru kii senaa ko haraa diyaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उस साहसी नेता की वजह से पूरे गाँव को याद किया जाता है। The whole village is remembered because of that brave leader.
(us saahsii netaa kii vajah se poore gaanv ko yaad kiyaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: साहसी (saahsii)