सफ़ेद

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (safēd), from earlier سپید (sapêd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, white), eventually from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (bright; shine). Doublet of श्वेत (śvet). Cognate of English white. Compare Bengali সফেদ (śophed), Gujarati સફેદ (saphed), Marathi सफेद (saphed), Odia ସଫେଦ (sôphedô), Punjabi ਸਫ਼ੈਦ (safaid).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sə.feːd̪/, , /sə.pʰeːd̪/,
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Adjective

सफ़ेद (safed) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سفید)

  1. white (color)
    Synonym: श्वेत (śvet)
  2. white, fair (used for appearance of a person or animal)
    Synonyms: श्वेत (śvet), गोरा (gorā), गोरी (gorī)
  3. clean
  4. blank

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet)      धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)      काला (kālā), श्याम (śyām)
             लाल (lāl), सुर्ख़ (surx); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā)              पीला (pīlā); मलाई (malāī)
             नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)              हरा (harā)             
             फ़िरोज़ी (firozī)              आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
             जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī)