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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic صَدَأْ (ṣadaʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
صدا • (ṣada) m
- rust
Etymology 2
From Arabic صَدَّأ (ṣaddaʔ).
Pronunciation
Verb
صدا • (ṣadda) I (non-past يِصَدِّي (yiṣaddi))
- to rust
الحديد صدأ- al-ḥadīd ṣadda
- the steel rusted
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan, “echo”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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saḏā
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| Dari reading?
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sadā
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| Iranian reading?
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sedâ, sadâ
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| Tajik reading?
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sado
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Noun
| Dari
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صدا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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садо
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صِدا or صَدا • (sedâ or sadâ) (plural صداها (sedâ-hâ))
- sound, call, voice
- Synonyms: آوا (âvâ), نِدا (nedâ)
- Farhad, مرد تنها (mard-e tanhâ)
با صدای بیصدا
مثه یه کوه بلند
مثه یه خواب کوتاه
یه مرد بود یه مرد- bâ sedâ-ye bi-sedâ
mes-e ye kuh boland
mes-e ye xâb kutâh
ye mard bud, ye mard - with a voiceless voice,
lofty as a mountain,
brief as a dream,
there was a man, a man...
- noise
- Synonym: سَر و صِدا (sar-o-sedâ)
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian صدا (sadā), from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan).
Pronunciation
Noun
صَدا • (sadā) f (Hindi spelling सदा)
- sound, voice, echo
- call, shout, cry
- ring, bell
References
- “صدا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “صدا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.