সফেদ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সুফেদ (śuphed)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (safēd), from earlier سپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (“white”)). Cognate with Arabic سِبِيدَاج (sibīdāj) and Ottoman Turkish اوستبج (üstübec). Doublet of শ্বেত (śśet).

The meaning of sapodilla or sapota was borrowed from Portuguese sapota.

Adjective

সফেদ • (śophed) (comparative আরও সফেদ, superlative সবচেয়ে সফেদ)

1. white (colour)

   Synonym: সাদা (śada)

   সুফেদ তরুর সবুজ তুলি মায়া কাজল ভরে

   śuphed tôrur śôbuj tuli maẏa kajôl bhôre

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   - Satyendranath Dutta

Noun

সফেদ • (śophed) (objective সফেদ (śophed) or সফেদকে (śophedoke), genitive সফেদের (śopheder), locative সফেদে (śophede))

1. chalk

   Synonym: সফেদা (śopheda)

2. ceruse, white lead
3. flour
4. sapodilla, sapota (semantics from Portuguese sapota)

Derived terms

• সফেদী (śophedi)
• সফেদা (śopheda)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “সফেদ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “সুফেদ, সফেদ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh