ਸਫ਼ੈਦ

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian سَفید (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, 2026
    • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਸਫੈਦ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 984.
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