سفید

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Persian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From earlier سپید‎ (sapêd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), from Proto-Iranian *ćwaytáh (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (spaēta, “white”), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾspʾyt)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (compare Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (“white”)).

Borrowed from Iranian: Old Armenian սպիտակ (spitak), սպետ (spet), սպիտ (spit); Old Georgian სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi), სპეტი (sṗeṭi), Georgian სუფთა (supta), Arabic سِبِيدَاج‎ (sibīdāj), Ottoman Turkish اوستبج‎ (üstübec), استوبج‎ (üstübec).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Dari Persian سفید
Iranian Persian سفید
Tajiki Persian сафед (safed)

سفید • (sefid)

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

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Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Persian · رنگ‌ها‎ (rang-hâ) (layout · text)
     سفید (sefid)      خاکستری‎ (xâkestari),
توسی‎ (tusi) 		     سیاه‎ (siyâh)
             سرخ‎ (sorx) ; زرشکی‎ (zereški)              نارنجی‎ (nârenji) ; قهوه‌ای‎ (qahve'i),
بور‎ (bur) 		             زرد‎ (zard) ; كرم‎ (krem)
             مغزپسته‌ای‎ (mağzpeste'i)              سبز‎ (sabz)             
             آبى دريايى‎ (âbi-ye daryâyi) ; سبز دودى‎ (sabz-e dudi)              لاجوردى‎ (lâjvardi)              آبی‎ (âbi)
             بنفش‎ (banafš) ; نيلى‎ (nili)              سرخابى‎ (sorxâbi) ; ارغوانی‎ (arğavâni)              صورتى‎ (surati)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اسپید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اسفید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  3. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اسبید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian سفید‎ (sefid)

Adjective[edit]

سفید • (safed) (Hindi spelling सफ़ेद)

  1. white
  2. clean
  3. blank

Derived terms[edit]

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