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سفید

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian سَفید (safēd), from سَپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt', from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-.

    Adjective

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    سَفید (safed)

    1. white

    Persian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From earlier سَپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, white), from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (bright; shine). Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, white), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾspʾyt), Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, white, bright).

      Pronunciation

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      Readings
      Classical reading? safēd
      Dari reading? safēd
      Iranian reading? sefid
      Tajik reading? safed
      • Audio (Iran):(file)

      Adjective

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      سفید (safēd / sefid) (Tajik spelling сафед)

      1. white
      2. fair
      3. pale
      4. clear

      Derived terms

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      Descendants

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      References

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      • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 264–265
      • Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 708, page 157
      • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 240
      • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “spēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian سَفید (safēd), from سَپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt', from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-.

        Pronunciation

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        Adjective

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        سَفید (safed) (Hindi spelling सफ़ेद)

        1. white
        2. clean
        3. blank

        Synonyms

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        Derived terms

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        Colors in Urdu · رنگ (layout · text)
             سادہ (sāda), سفید (safed), اُجّر (ujjar)      سلیٹی (sleṭī), چھائی (chāī), دھوسر (dhūsar), سرمئی (surmaī)      کالا (kālā), سانولا (sā̃vlā)
                     لال (lāl), سرخ (surx), راتا (rātā); مہرون (mahroon), سندوری (sindūrī) قرمزی (qirmizī)              اورنج (orenj), نارنگی (narangī), کیسری (kesrī), گیروا (geruā), بھگوا (bhagvā), زعفرانی (za'frānī); بھورا (bhūrā), کتھئی (katthaī), چوکلیٹی (cokleṭī), خاکی (xākī)              پیلا (pīlā), بسنتی (basantī), زرد (zard); گیہُواں (gehũā), بادامی (bādāmī)
                     لائم (lāim), انگوری (aṅgūrī)              ہرا (harā), سُگَّا (suggā), سبز (sabz)              پودین ہرا (pūdīn harā); گاڑھا ہرا (gāṛhā harā)
                     فیروزہ (fīroza)              لاجوردی (lājvardī)~لاژوردی (lāźvardī)              نیلا (nīlā)
                     بینگنی (baignī), اودا (ūdā)              رانی (rānī); جامنی (jāmnī~jāmunī)              گلابی (gulābī)

        Further reading

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        • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سفيد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 380
        • سفید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.