सफ़ेद
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See also: सफ़ेदी
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سَفید (safēd), from سَپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt', from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Doublet of श्वेत (śvet). Compare Bengali সফেদ (śophed), Gujarati સફેદ (saphed), Marathi सफेद (saphed), Odia ସଫେଦ (sapheda), Punjabi ਸਫ਼ੈਦ (safaid).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]सफ़ेद • (safed) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سفید)
- white (color)
- Synonym: श्वेत (śvet)
- white, fair (used for appearance of a person or animal)
- clean
- blank
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| सादा (sādā), सफ़ेद (safed), उज्जर (ujjar), श्वेत (śvet) | स्लेटी (sleṭī), छाई (chāī), धूसर (dhūsar), सुरमई (surmaī) | काला (kālā), साँवला (sā̃vlā), कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa), श्याम (śyām) |
| लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx), राता (rātā); महरून (mahrūn), सिंदूरी (sindūrī), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) | ऑरेंज (ŏreñj), नारंगी (nāraṅgī), केसरी (kesrī), गेरुआ (geruā), भगवा (bhagvā), ज़ाफ़रानी (zāfrānī); भूरा (bhūrā), कत्थई (katthaī), मटीयेला (maṭīyelā), चॉकलेटी (cŏkleṭī), ख़ाकी (xākī) | पीला (pīlā), बसंती (basantī), ज़र्द (zard); गेहुँआ (gehũā), बादामी (bādāmī) |
| लाइम (lāim), अंगूरी (aṅgūrī), अमरूदी (amrūdī) | हरा (harā), सुग्गा (suggā), सब्ज़ (sabz) | पुदीनहरा (pudīnahrā); गाढ़ा हरा (gāṛhā harā), ज़ुमरुदी (zumrudī) |
| फ़िरोज़ा (firozā) | लाजवर्दी (lājvardī) | नीला (nīlā) |
| बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), ऊदा (ūdā) | रानी (rānī); जामुनी (jāmunī) | गुलाबी (gulābī) |
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- Hindi terms derived from Middle Persian
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