مداد

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. ink

   Synonym: حِبْر (ḥibr) (more common)

2. dung, manure
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

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مداد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1076
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مداد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1192

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد (midād, “ink”).

Noun

Dari	پنسل
Iranian Persian	مداد
Tajik	қалам

مداد • (medâd)

1. pencil

Synonyms

• قلم مداد (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

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