مداد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م د د‎ (m-d-d), whence مَدَّ‎ (madda, “to extend, stretch, spread out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.daːd/

Noun

مِدَاد • (midād) m (plural أَمِدَّة‎ (ʔamidda))

1. ink

   Synonym: حِبْر‎ (ḥibr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:109:

     ‏قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا‎

     Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."

2. dung, manure

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:براز

3. lamp oil

Declension

Declension of noun مِدَاد (midād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَاد midād	الْمِدَاد‎ al-midād	مِدَاد midād
Nominative	مِدَادٌ midādun	الْمِدَادُ‎ al-midādu	مِدَادُ midādu
Accusative	مِدَادًا‎ midādan	الْمِدَادَ‎ al-midāda	مِدَادَ midāda
Genitive	مِدَادٍ midādin	الْمِدَادِ‎ al-midādi	مِدَادِ midādi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَادَيْن‎ midādayn	الْمِدَادَيْن‎ al-midādayn	مِدَادَيْ‎ midāday
Nominative	مِدَادَانِ‎ midādāni	الْمِدَادَانِ‎ al-midādāni	مِدَادَا‎ midādā
Accusative	مِدَادَيْنِ‎ midādayni	الْمِدَادَيْنِ‎ al-midādayni	مِدَادَيْ‎ midāday
Genitive	مِدَادَيْنِ‎ midādayni	الْمِدَادَيْنِ‎ al-midādayni	مِدَادَيْ‎ midāday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمِدَّة‎ ʔamidda	الْأَمِدَّة‎ al-ʔamidda	أَمِدَّة‎ ʔamiddat
Nominative	أَمِدَّةٌ‎ ʔamiddatun	الْأَمِدَّةُ‎ al-ʔamiddatu	أَمِدَّةُ‎ ʔamiddatu
Accusative	أَمِدَّةً‎ ʔamiddatan	الْأَمِدَّةَ‎ al-ʔamiddata	أَمِدَّةَ‎ ʔamiddata
Genitive	أَمِدَّةٍ‎ ʔamiddatin	الْأَمِدَّةِ‎ al-ʔamiddati	أَمِدَّةِ‎ ʔamiddati

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: مداد‎ (mdād)
• → Persian: مداد‎ (medâd)

Noun

مَدَاد or مُدَّاد • (madād or muddād) m

1. field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis

   Synonyms: مَدِيد‎ (madīd), عُلَّيْق‎ (ʕullayq), حَبْل الْمَسَاكِين‎ (ḥabl al-masākīn), طَرْبُوش الْغُرَاب‎ (ṭarbūš al-ḡurāb), عَصَب‎ (ʕaṣab), عَصَب أُورُبِّي‎ (ʕaṣab ʔūrubbī), لَبْلَاب‎ (lablāb), لَبْلَاب الْحُقُول‎ (lablāb al-ḥuqūl)

Declension

Declension of noun مَدَاد (madād)‎; مُدَّاد (muddād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد madād‎; muddād	الْمَدَاد‎‎; الْمُدَّاد‎ al-madād‎; al-muddād	مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد madād‎; muddād
Nominative	مَدَادٌ‎; مُدَّادٌ madādun‎; muddādun	الْمَدَادُ‎‎; الْمُدَّادُ‎ al-madādu‎; al-muddādu	مَدَادُ‎; مُدَّادُ madādu‎; muddādu
Accusative	مَدَادًا‎‎; مُدَّادًا‎ madādan‎; muddādan	الْمَدَادَ‎‎; الْمُدَّادَ‎ al-madāda‎; al-muddāda	مَدَادَ‎; مُدَّادَ madāda‎; muddāda
Genitive	مَدَادٍ‎; مُدَّادٍ madādin‎; muddādin	الْمَدَادِ‎‎; الْمُدَّادِ‎ al-madādi‎; al-muddādi	مَدَادِ‎; مُدَّادِ madādi‎; muddādi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مداد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 573–574
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مداد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1076
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مداد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1192

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِدَاد‎ (midād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mdaːd/

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Noun

مداد • (mdād) m (plural مدادات‎ (mdādāt))

1. ink

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد‎ (midād, “ink”). Displaced native زکاب‎ (zakâb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mi.ˈðɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [mɪ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [mɪ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [me.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ɔ́d̪]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [مِذاذ]‎, Dari: [مِداد]‎

Iranian: [مِداد]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	miḏāḏ
Dari reading?	midād
Iranian reading?	medâd
Tajik reading?	midod

Noun

Dari	پنسل‎
Iranian Persian	مداد
Tajik	қалам, мидод

مِداد • (medâd) (plural مدادها‎ (medâd-hâ))

1. pencil

   Synonyms: زکاب‎ (zakâb), قلم مداد‎ (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

• مداد رنگی‎ (medâd-e rangi)
• مداد نقاشی‎ (medâd-e naqâši)