سفید

Persian

Alternative forms

• (literary, poetic) سپید‏ (sapid, sepid)
• (poetic, dialectal) اسپید‏ (espid)
• (obsolete, dialectal) اسفید‏ (esfid)
• (obsolete, dialectal) اسبید‏ (esbid)

Etymology

From earlier سپید‏ (sapêd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), from Old Iranian *spaita-, from Proto-Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‏ (spaēta, “white”), Sogdian ʾspʾyt), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“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 [script needed] (asfīdaj), Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (üstübej).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [seˈfiːd̪], [sæˈfiːd̪]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [seˈfiːd̪]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [sæˈfeːd̪]

Adjective

Dari	سفید‏
Iranian Persian	سفید‏
Tajik	сафед (safed)

سفید • (sefid)

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

Derived terms

• سفیدی‏
• سفیدک‏
• سفیده‏

Descendants

• Hindi: सफ़ेद (safed)
• Urdu: سفید‏

See also

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

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd 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

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian سفید‏

Adjective

سفید • (safed) — Hindi spelling: सफ़ेद (safed)

1. white
2. clean
3. blank

Derived terms

• سفیدہ‏
• سفیدی‏