سواد

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Arabic

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سَوَاد صَبِيّةٍ (sawād ṣabiyyatin, the silhouette of a girl)
Root
س و د (s w d)
17 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَوَاد (sawādm (plural أَسْوِدَة (ʔaswida) or أَسَاوِد (ʔasāwid))

  1. (uncountable) blackness, black
  2. (uncountable or countable) an indistinct or unrecognizable figure; a shape; a silhouette; the shadow of a thing or an animal
    رَأَيْتُ سَوَادًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍraʔaytu sawādan min baʕīdinI saw a shape in the distance.
  3. (uncountable) multitude (of people)
    سَوَادُ النَّاسsawādu n-nāsthe majority of people
  4. (countable, rare) the body of a human or an animal
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ar:body
  5. (uncountable, dated) the backwoods; the countryside
    Synonyms: رِيف (rīf, the countryside), كَفْر (kafr, a village)

Declension

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Descendants

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Proper noun

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سَوَاد (sawādf

  1. (archaic, historical) Sawad, a fertile region in southern Iraq

Persian

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سواد (sense 7)
سواد (sense 9)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سَوَاد (sawād).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sawāḏ
Dari reading? sawād
Iranian reading? savâd
Tajik reading? savod

Noun

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سواد (savâd) (plural سوادها (savâd-hâ))

  1. (archaic, literature) blackness (of hair, eyes, ink, etc.)
    • Saadi Shirazi
      لبان لعل چون خون کبوتر -- سواد زلف چون پر پرستو
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic, literature) darkness (of night, etc.)
  3. (archaic, literature) innermost part (of heart)
  4. (archaic) draft, an early version of a written document
    • Tarikh-i Bayhaqi
      استادم گفته سوادی کرده ام امروز بیاض کنند... گفت [ امیر ] نیک آمد.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. (archaic) manuscript (hand-written document)
    • Khaqani
      منم که گاه کتابت سواد شعر مرا فلک سزد که شود دفتر و ملک ورّاق .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. (archaic) copy (the result of copying)
  7. (archaic, historical) Sawad, the fertile territory in southern Mesopotamia
  8. (archaic) countryside (rural area) (used both in singular and plural forms)
  9. (archaic, architecture) decorative facade in Sasanian architecture, such as that of Arch of Ctesiphon
    • مرآت البلدان ناصری
      بالای این درگاه چهار طبقه پنجره است که از برای زینت جلو عمارت بنا شده و به اصطلاح بناهای این عصر آنها را سواد می نامند
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  10. literacy
    در تعریف سنتی سواد، توانایی خواندن و نوشتن است و یا توانایی به‌کاربردن زبان برای خواندن
    In the traditional sense, literacy is either the ability to read and write or one's own ability to read
  11. being knowledgeable and competent
Descendants
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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سواد (sovâd)

  1. an animal disease

References

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