श्वेत

See also: श्वेता and श्वेति

Hindi

Alternative forms

• स्वेत (svet) (colloquial)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃʋeːt̪]

Adjective

श्वेत • (śvet) (Urdu spelling شویت)

1. white

   उस वृद्ध की दाढ़ी सम्पूर्ण रूप से श्वेत है।

   us vŕddh kī dāṛhī sampūrṇ rūp se śvet hai.

   That old man's beard is completely white.

Synonyms

• (more common) सफ़ेद (safed)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “श्वेत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śwaytás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (compare Persian سفید (sefid)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (whence English white)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɐj.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕʋeː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

श्वेत • (śvetá) (Vedic śvaitá)

1. white

   Synonym: शुक्ल (śuklá)

2. bright

Descendants

• Hindi: श्वेत (śvet) (borrowing), स्वेत (svet)
• → Telugu: శ్వేతము (śvētamu)