ساده

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See also: سادة

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian ساده (sâde)

Adjective[edit]

ساده (sade)

  1. plain, simple
    Synonym: بسیط (basit)

Declension[edit]

  • Turkish: sade
  • Armenian: սատե (sate), սա̈դա̈ (sädä)

References[edit]

  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “ساده”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 697

Pashto[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ساده (sādá)

  1. simple, uncomplicated, unpretentious, artless, primitive
  2. simple-minded, credulous, naïve
  3. short-witted, mentally limited
  4. pure, without contaminants
  5. beardless, clean-shaven
  6. humble, of modest means
  7. banal, trite, commonplace, petty, vulgar

References[edit]

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “ساده”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
  • ساده”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian *sādag, whence also Arabic سَاذَج (sāḏaj). Compare Bactrian σαδγο (sadgo, plain, even) and Old Armenian սատակ (satak), a Middle Iranian loanword.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? sāḏa
Dari reading? sāda
Iranian reading? sâde
Tajik reading? soda
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Adjective[edit]

Dari ساده
Iranian Persian
Tajik сода

ساده (sâde) (comparative ساده‌تَر (sâde-tar), superlative ساده‌تَرین (sâde-tarin))

  1. simple
    • c. 1260, Rumi, The Masnavi:
      حمله بر خود می‌کنی ای ساده مرد، همچو آن شیری که بر خود حمله کرد.
      hamle bar xod mi-koni ey sâde mard, hamčo ân šir-i ke bar xod hamle kard.
      You are attacking yourself, o simple man, like that lion who attacked himself.
  2. easy
    Synonym: آسان (âsân)
  3. plain, ordinary

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ساده (sāda)

  1. Alternative spelling of سادة