مداد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م د د (m-d-d), whence مَدَّ (madda, “to extend, stretch, spread out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.daːd/

Noun

مِدَاد • (midād) m (plural أَمِدَّة (ʔamidda))

1. ink

   Synonym: حِبْر (ḥibr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:109:

     قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا

     Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."

2. dung, manure

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:براز

3. lamp oil

Declension

Declension of noun مِدَاد (midād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَاد midād	الْمِدَاد al-midād	مِدَاد midād
Nominative	مِدَادٌ midādun	الْمِدَادُ al-midādu	مِدَادُ midādu
Accusative	مِدَادًا midādan	الْمِدَادَ al-midāda	مِدَادَ midāda
Genitive	مِدَادٍ midādin	الْمِدَادِ al-midādi	مِدَادِ midādi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَادَيْن midādayn	الْمِدَادَيْن al-midādayn	مِدَادَيْ midāday
Nominative	مِدَادَانِ midādāni	الْمِدَادَانِ al-midādāni	مِدَادَا midādā
Accusative	مِدَادَيْنِ midādayni	الْمِدَادَيْنِ al-midādayni	مِدَادَيْ midāday
Genitive	مِدَادَيْنِ midādayni	الْمِدَادَيْنِ al-midādayni	مِدَادَيْ midāday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمِدَّة ʔamidda	الْأَمِدَّة al-ʔamidda	أَمِدَّة ʔamiddat
Nominative	أَمِدَّةٌ ʔamiddatun	الْأَمِدَّةُ al-ʔamiddatu	أَمِدَّةُ ʔamiddatu
Accusative	أَمِدَّةً ʔamiddatan	الْأَمِدَّةَ al-ʔamiddata	أَمِدَّةَ ʔamiddata
Genitive	أَمِدَّةٍ ʔamiddatin	الْأَمِدَّةِ al-ʔamiddati	أَمِدَّةِ ʔamiddati

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: مداد (mdād)
• → Persian: مداد (medâd)

Noun

مَدَاد or مُدَّاد • (madād or muddād) m

1. field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis

   Synonyms: مَدِيد (madīd), عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq), حَبْل الْمَسَاكِين (ḥabl al-masākīn), طَرْبُوش الْغُرَاب (ṭarbūš al-ḡurāb), عَصَب (ʕaṣab), عَصَب أُورُبِّي (ʕaṣab ʔūrubbī), لَبْلَاب (lablāb), لَبْلَاب الْحُقُول (lablāb al-ḥuqūl)

Declension

Declension of noun مَدَاد (madād)‎; مُدَّاد (muddād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد madād‎; muddād	الْمَدَاد‎; الْمُدَّاد al-madād‎; al-muddād	مَدَاد‎; مُدَّاد madād‎; muddād
Nominative	مَدَادٌ‎; مُدَّادٌ madādun‎; muddādun	الْمَدَادُ‎; الْمُدَّادُ al-madādu‎; al-muddādu	مَدَادُ‎; مُدَّادُ madādu‎; muddādu
Accusative	مَدَادًا‎; مُدَّادًا madādan‎; muddādan	الْمَدَادَ‎; الْمُدَّادَ al-madāda‎; al-muddāda	مَدَادَ‎; مُدَّادَ madāda‎; muddāda
Genitive	مَدَادٍ‎; مُدَّادٍ madādin‎; muddādin	الْمَدَادِ‎; الْمُدَّادِ al-madādi‎; al-muddādi	مَدَادِ‎; مُدَّادِ madādi‎; muddādi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مداد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 573–574
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مداد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1076
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مداد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1192

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِدَاد (midād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mdaːd/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

مداد • (mdād) m (plural مدادات (mdādāt))

1. ink

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد (midād, “ink”). Displaced native زکاب (zakâb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mi.ˈðɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [me.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	miḏāḏ
Dari reading?	midād
Iranian reading?	medâd
Tajik reading?	midod

Noun

Dari	پنسل
Iranian Persian	مداد
Tajik	қалам, мидод

مِداد • (medâd) (plural مدادها (medâd-hâ))

1. pencil

   Synonyms: زکاب (zakâb), قلم مداد (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

• مداد رنگی (medâd-e rangi)
• مداد نقاشی (medâd-e naqâši)