سودا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ), through Persian سودا (sowdâ).

Noun

سودا • (sevda)

  1. black bile, one of the humours of ancient physiology
  2. melancholy, great sadness or depression
  3. passion, strong desire, ardor, enthusiasm
  4. ambition, eager and intense longing for power

Derived terms

  • سوداوی (sevdavi, melancholic)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sevda
  • Albanian: sevda
  • Bulgarian: севда (sevda)
  • Greek: σεβντάς (sevntás)
  • Laz: სევდა (sevda), სევდალი (sevdali)
  • Macedonian: севда (sevda)
  • Romanian: sevda
  • Serbo-Croatian:

Further reading

Persian

Dari سودا
Iranian Persian
Tajik савдо

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säw.d̪ɑː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säw.d̪ɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säw.d̪ɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? sawdā
Dari reading? sawdā
Iranian reading? sowdâ
Tajik reading? savdo

Etymology 1

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Noun

سودا • (sowdâ)

  1. trade
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ).

Noun

سودا • (sowdâ)

  1. black bile
  2. melancholy
  3. passion
Derived terms
  • سوداپرست (sowdâparast)
    • سوداپرستی (sowdâparasti)
  • سودازده (sowdâzade)
  • سودائی (sowdâ'i)
  • سوداوی (sowdâvi)

Further reading

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سودا (sawdā).

Noun

سَودا • (saudā) m (Hindi spelling सौदा)

  1. goods, wares; trade, traffic; marketing; purchase, bargain
  2. fruits; sweetmeats
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ).

Noun

سَودا • (saudā) m (Hindi spelling सौदा)

  1. the black bile (one of the four humours of the body), atrabilis; melancholy; hypochondria; frenzy, madness, insanity; love; desire, concupiscence; ambition
Derived terms
  • سودا اچھلنا
  • سودا ہونا (sodā honā)
  • سوداوی (sodāvī)
  • سودائی (sodāī)

Further reading

  • سودا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سودا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • سودا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai سودا, from Persian سودا.

Noun

سودا • (soda) (plural سودىلار (sodilar))

  1. trade

Derived terms

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