सफ़ेद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سفید‎ (sefid), from earlier سپید‎ (sapêd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), eventually from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”). Compare with Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səfed̪/

Adjective

सफ़ेद • (safed) (Urdu spelling سفید‎)

  1. white
  2. clean
  3. blank

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)
     सफ़ेद (safed)      धूसर (dhūsar)      काला (kālā)      भूरा (bhūrā)
             गुलाबी (gulābī)              लाल (lāl) ; गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl)              नारंगी (nāraṅgī)              पीला (pīlā) ; मलाई (malāī)
             लाइम (lāim)              हरा (harā)                           आसमानी (āsmānī), क्यान (kyān) ; टील (ṭīl)
                          नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)              नील (nīl)              रानी (rānī) ; बैंगनी (baiṅgnī)
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