صدا

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَدَأْ (ṣadaʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

صدا (ṣadam

  1. rust

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَدَّأ (ṣaddaʔ).

Pronunciation

Verb

صدا (ṣadda) I (non-past يِصَدِّي (yiṣaddi))

  1. to rust
    الحديد صدأ
    al-ḥadīd ṣadda
    the steel rusted

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan, echo).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? saḏā
Dari reading? sadā
Iranian reading? sedâ, sadâ
Tajik reading? sado
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Noun

Dari صدا
Iranian Persian
Tajik садо

صِدا or صَدا (sedâ or sadâ) (plural صداها (sedâ-hâ))

  1. 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
      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...
      (مثه is a phonetic spelling of the colloquial variant of مثلِ)
  2. 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 (sadāf (Hindi spelling सदा)

  1. sound, voice, echo
  2. call, shout, cry
  3. 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.