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 (ʾamidda))

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 ʾamidda	الْأَمِدَّة‎ al-ʾamidda	أَمِدَّة‎ ʾamiddat
Nominative	أَمِدَّةٌ‎ ʾamiddatun	الْأَمِدَّةُ‎ al-ʾamiddatu	أَمِدَّةُ‎ ʾamiddatu
Accusative	أَمِدَّةً‎ ʾamiddatan	الْأَمِدَّةَ‎ al-ʾamiddata	أَمِدَّةَ‎ ʾamiddata
Genitive	أَمِدَّةٍ‎ ʾamiddatin	الْأَمِدَّةِ‎ al-ʾamiddati	أَمِدَّةِ‎ ʾamiddati

Descendants

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

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

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِدَاد‎ (midād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mdaːd/

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Noun

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

1. ink

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Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

Dari	پنسل‎
Iranian Persian	مداد
Tajik	қалам (qalam)

مداد • (medâd)

1. pencil

   Synonym: زکاب‎ (zakâb)

Synonyms

• قلم مداد‎ (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

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