سفید

Persian

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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): [sæˈfed̪]

Adjective

Dari	سفید
Iranian Persian	سفید
Tajik	сафед ‎(safed)

سفید • ‎(safid, sefid)

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

Synonyms

• (archaic) ساچی ‎(sāči)

Derived terms

• سفیدی
• سفیدک
• سفیده

Descendants

• Hindi: सफ़ेद ‎(safed)
• Urdu: سفید

See also

Colors in Persian · رنگ‌ها ‎(rang-hâ) (layout · text)
سرخ ‎(sorx)	سبز ‎(sabz), سوز ‎(sowz)	زرد	?	سفید ‎(safid, sefid), سفی ‎(?)
زرشکی ‎(zereški)	?	?	?	?
?	آبی ‎(âbi)	نارنجی ‎(nârenji)	خاکستری ‎(xâkestari), توسی ‎(tusi)	?
سیاه ‎(siyah), سه ‎(seh)	بنفش ‎(zard)	قهوه‌ای ‎(qahve'i), بور ‎(bur)	?	?

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 264–265
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 157, § 708
• 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