ਸਫ਼ੈਦ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (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, 2025
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸਫੈਦ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 984.