सफ़ेद

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Hindi

Etymology

    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

    • (Delhi) 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

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    See also

    Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
         सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet), ऊजर (ūjar)      धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)      काला (kālā), कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa), श्याम (śyām)
                 लाल (lāl), लोहित (lohit), सुर्ख़ (surx), राता (rātā); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā), पिङ्गल (piṅgal)              पीला (pīlā), पियर (piyar), पीत (pīt); मलाई (malāī)
                 नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)              हरा (harā), हरित (harit)             
                 फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)              आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)              नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
                 जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)              गुलाबी (gulābī), पाटल (pāṭal)