سفید
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier سپید (sapêd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), from Proto-Iranian *ĉwaytáh (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾspʾyt)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉwaytás (compare Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (“white”)).
Borrowed from Iranian: Old Armenian սպիտակ (spitak), սպետ (spet), սպիտ (spit); Old Georgian სპეტაკი (sṗeṭaḳi), სპეტი (sṗeṭi), Georgian სუფთა (supta), Arabic اَسْفِيدَاج (asfīdāj), Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (üstübej).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- سفیدی
- سفیدک
- سفیده
See also
Colors in Persian · رنگها (rang-hâ) (layout · text) | ||||
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سفید (sefid) | خاکستری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi) |
سیاه (siyâh) | ||
سرخ (sorx) ; زرشکی (zereški) | نارنجی (nârenji) ; قهوهای (qahve'i), بور (bur) |
زرد (zard) ; كرم (krem) | ||
مغزپستهای (mağzpeste'i) | سبز (sabz) | |||
آبى دريايى (âbi-ye daryâyi) ; سبز دودى (sabz-e dudi) | لاجوردى (lâjvardi) | آبی (âbi) | ||
بنفش (banafš) ; نيلى (nili) | سرخابى (sorxâbi) ; ارغوانی (arğavâni) | صورتى (surati) |
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سفید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سفید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سفید”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 264–265
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 708, page 157
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 240
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “spēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Derived terms
- سفیدہ
- سفیدی
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