সফেদ
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- সুফেদ (śuphed)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (safēd), from earlier سپید (sapēd), from Middle Persian spyt' (spēd, “white”), from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (“white”)). Cognate with Arabic سِبِيدَاج (sibīdāj) and Ottoman Turkish اوستبج (üstübec). Doublet of শ্বেত (śśet).
The meaning of sapodilla or sapota was borrowed from Portuguese sapota.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]সফেদ • (śophed) (comparative আরও সফেদ, superlative সবচেয়ে সফেদ)
- white (colour)
Noun
[edit]সফেদ • (śophed) (objective সফেদ (śophed) or সফেদকে (śophedoke), genitive সফেদের (śopheder), locative সফেদে (śophede))
- chalk
- Synonym: সফেদা (śopheda)
- ceruse, white lead
- flour
- sapodilla, sapota (semantics from Portuguese sapota)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of সফেদ | |||
nominative | সফেদ śophed | ||
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objective | সফেদ / সফেদকে śophed (semantically general or indefinite) / śophedke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | সফেদের śopheder | ||
locative | সফেদে śophede | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | সফেদ śophed | ||
objective | সফেদ / সফেদকে śophed (semantically general or indefinite) / śophedke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | সফেদের śopheder | ||
locative | সফেদে śophede | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | সফেদটা , সফেদটি śophedṭa (colloquial), śophedṭi (formal) |
সফেদগুলা, সফেদগুলো śophedgula (colloquial), śophedgulo (formal) | |
objective | সফেদটা, সফেদটি śophedṭa (colloquial), śophedṭi (formal) |
সফেদগুলা, সফেদগুলো śophedgula (colloquial), śophedgulo (formal) | |
genitive | সফেদটার, সফেদটির śophedṭar (colloquial), śophedṭir (formal) |
সফেদগুলার, সফেদগুলোর śophedgular (colloquial), śophedgulor (formal) | |
locative | সফেদটাতে / সফেদটায়, সফেদটিতে śophedṭate / śophedṭay (colloquial), śophedṭite (formal) |
সফেদগুলাতে / সফেদগুলায়, সফেদগুলোতে śophedgulate / śophedgulay (colloquial), śophedgulote (formal) | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Derived terms
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সাদা (śada), ধলো (dholō), | ছাই (chai), ধূসর (dhuśor) | কালো (kalō), কৃষ্ণ (kriśno), |
লাল (lal), রাঙা (raṅa), রাতা (rata) | কমলা (komola); খয়েরি (khoẏeri), বাদামি (badami) | হলুদ (holud), পীত (pit) |
টিয়া (ṭiẏa), কচি (koci) | সবুজ (śobuj), হরিৎ (horit) | জলপাই (jolpai) |
ময়ূরী (moẏuri); তুঁতে (tũte) | আকাশি (akaśi) | নীল (nil) |
বেগুনি (beguni); নীল (nil) | রানি (rani) | গোলাপি (gōlapi), পারুল (parul) |
References
[edit]- Accessible Dictionary, “সফেদ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “সুফেদ, সফেদ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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- Bengali doublets
- Bengali terms borrowed from Portuguese
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