ਸਫ਼ੈਦ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (safēd). First attested as Old Punjabi ਸੁਪੇਦੁ (supedu).

Adjective

ਸਫ਼ੈਦ • (safaid) (Shahmukhi spelling سَفَید)

  1. white
    Synonym: ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā)
  2. unbleached, undyed
  3. blank (of paper)

Derived terms
  • ਸਫ਼ੈਦ ਝੂਠ m (safaid jhūṭh, “blatant lie”)
  • ਸਫ਼ੈਦ ਪੋਸ਼ m (safaid poś, “gentleman”)
  • ਸਫ਼ੈਦ ਹਾਥੀ m (safaid hāthī, “white elephant”)
  • ਸਫ਼ੈਦਾ m (safaidā, “zinc oxide”)
  • ਸਫ਼ੈਦੀ f (safaidī, “whiteness”)

Further reading
  • “ਸਫ਼ੈਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸਫੈਦ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 984.
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