سبد

See also: شبد

Persian

Alternative forms

• سپت (sapat), سفد (safad)

Etymology

From Middle Persian, 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.βað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.bäd̪]

• (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?	saḇaḏ
Dari reading?	sabad
Iranian reading?	sabad
Tajik reading?	sabad

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Noun

Dari	سبد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сабад

سبد • (sabad) (plural سبدها (sabad-hâ))

1. basket

   .مادَرَم سَبَد را/رو پُر اَز میوه کَرد تا به خالِه-زهرا بِدَهَمَش

   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.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səbət
• → Ottoman Turkish: سپت (sepet)
  • Libyan Arabic: سَبَت (“basket”)
  • Turkish: sepet
• → 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 سبد (sabad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.bʊd̪/

Noun

سبد • (sabud) m

1. basket