ساده

See also: سادة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ساده (sâde, “plain, simple”).

Adjective

ساده • (sade)

1. simple, plain, basic, unembellished, lacking adornment, ornamentation, or additions

   Synonyms: بسیط (basit), بیاغی (bayağı)

2. pure, unmixed, unadulterated, not mixed or adulterated with foreign materials or pollutants

   Synonym: صاف (saf)

3. simple-minded, naive, artless, ingenuous, unsophisticated, lacking subtlety or sophistication

   Synonyms: ساده‌دل (sadedil), ساده‌لوح (sadelevh), صاف (saf), طوی (toy)

4. plain, unseasoned, not sprinkled with seasoning, such as salt and pepper or other condiment

Derived terms

• آق ساده (ak sade, “plain white dress”)
• ساده بورك (sade börek, “kind of plain pastry”)
• ساده صقال (sade sakal, “natural beard”)
• ساده قهوه (sade kahve, “coffe without sugar”)
• ساده قوشاق (sade kuşak, “humbly, without pretensions”)
• ساده كوزل (sade güzel, “naturally beautiful”)
• ساده یاغ (sade yağ, “clarified butter”)
• ساده‌باز (sadebaz, “who plays fairly”)
• ساده‌دل (sadedil, “simple-minded, naive”)
• ساده‌رو (saderu, “beardless”)
• ساده‌كار (sadekâr, “plain-working, plain-dealing”)
• ساده‌لك (sadelik, “plainness, simpleness”)
• ساده‌لوح (sadelevh, “simple-minded”)

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “ساده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 57
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sade”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4004
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ساده”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 261a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 657
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Simplex”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1557
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ساده”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2510
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sade”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1026

Pashto

Adjective

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

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

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sāḏa
Dari reading?	sāda
Iranian reading?	sâde
Tajik reading?	soda

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

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

• سادگی (sâdegi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sadə
• → Bengali: সাদা (śada)
• → Georgian: სადა (sada)
• → Gujarati: સાદું (sādũ)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सादा (sādā)

  Urdu: سادہ (sādā)

• → Marathi: साधे (sādhe)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ساده (sade)
  • Turkish: sade
  • → Armenian: սատե (sate), սա̈դա̈ (sädä)
  • → Romanian: sadea
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਦਾ (sādā)

  Shahmukhi script: سادہ (sādh)

• → Uzbek: sodda
• → South Levantine Arabic: سادة (sāda)

South Levantine Arabic

Adjective

ساده • (sāda)

1. Alternative spelling of سادة