سبد

See also: شبد

Persian

Alternative forms

سپت (sapat), سفد (safad)

Etymology

From Middle Persian, Northern Luri (səvət), borrowed into Aramaic סַפְטָא / ܣܰܦܛܳܐ (sap̄əṭā) and hence Arabic سَفَط (safaṭ). Akin to Old Armenian սապատ (sapat), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈbad/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bäd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.bäd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.bäd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.bæd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bäd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sabad
Dari reading^?	sabad
Iranian reading^?	sabad
Tajik reading^?	sabad

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	سبد
Dari	سبد
Tajik	сабад

سبد • (sabad) (plural سبدها (sabad-hā / sabad-hâ), Tajik spelling сабад)

basket
mâdar-am sabad râ/rô por az mive kard tâ be xâle-zahrâ bedaham-aš
My mother filled the basket with fruits, than gave it to me, so I would give it to aunt-Zahrā.
- 1984, “پیشکش [Gift]”, performed by گوگوش (Googoosh):
  چی به پای تو بریزم لایق پای تو باشه
  چی بخونم که بتونه جای حرفای تو باشه
  پیشکشم برای تو یه سبد محبته
  از تو یک تبسم م واسه من غنیمته
  či be pâ-ye to berizam lâyeq pâ-ye to bâše
  či bexunam ke betune jâ-ye harfâ-ye to bâše
  piškešam barâ-ye to ye sabad mohabbate
  az to yek tabassomam vâse man ġanimate
  What should I pour at your feet that would be worthy of your feet?
  What should I sing that could replace your words?
  My gift for you is a basket of love
  From you even a smile is a bounty for me

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: səbət
→ Ottoman Turkish: سپت (sepet), سپد (seped)
- Turkish: sepet
- → Albanian: sepete, sepet, sepetë
- → Armenian: սեփետ (sepʻet)
- → Aromanian: sipeti, sipete, sipets
- → Bulgarian: сепе́т (sepét), се́пет (sépet)
- → Greek: σεπέτι (sepéti)
- → Macedonian: сепет (sepet), сепетка (sepetka)
- → Romanian: sipet
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сѐпет
  Latin script: sèpet
- Libyan Arabic: سَبَت (“basket”)
- Turkish: sepet
→ Turkmen: sebet
→ Uyghur: سېۋەت (sëwet)
→ Uzbek: savat

References

Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 236

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sabad).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.bʊd̪/

Noun

سَبُد • (sabud) m (Hindi spelling सबुद)

basket