سفید
Persian
regional
Definitions
- white
- fair
- pale
- clear
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian spyt' (white) inherited from Proto-Iranian *cwaytáh inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (white) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytós (shine, bright).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱweytós
Gloss
shine, bright
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurowhite English
- White Crown English
- White Day English
- White Sox English
- Whiteacre English
- Whiteboy English
- Whitehead English
- Whitehorse English
- Whitsun English
- Whitworth English
- Witter English
- acetowhite English
- antiwhite English
- green-white-checkered English
- hyperwhite English
- interwhite English
- intrawhite English
- lily-white English
- monowhite English
- non-white English
- nonwhite English
- paperwhite English
- pro-white English
- prowhite English
- snow-white English
- superwhite English
- tighty whities English
- unwhite English
- wheatear English
- white English
- white truffle English
- white-crowned plover English
- white-eye English
- white-haired English
- white-handed English
- white-rumped hawk English
- white-shirt English
- white-tailed hawk English
- white-throated hawk English
- whiteass English
- whiteback English
- whitebait English
- whitebark English
- whitebeam English
- whitebeard English
- whitebelly English
- whitebill English
- whiteboard English
- whiteboy English
- whitecap English
- whitecapped English
- whitecapper English
- whitecoat English
- whitedamp English
- whiteface English
- whitefella English
- whitefeller English
- whitefellow English
- whitefin English
- whitefish English
- whitefly English
- whitefront English
- whitegirl English
- whitehaired English
- whitehead English
- whitehood English
- whiteist English
- whiteless English
- whitelike English
- whitelime English
- whitelip English
- whitelist English
- whitely English
- whitemail English
- whiten English
- whiteness English
- whiteout English
- whitephobia English
- whitepot English
- whitepox English
- whiteprint English
- whiteprinting English
- whiterump English
- whiteschist English
- whiteside English
- whitesmith English
- whitesplain English
- whitesploitation English
- whitestart English
- whitester English
- whitestone English
- whitetail English
- whitethorn English
- whitethroat English
- whitetip English
- whitetop English
- whitewall English
- whiteware English
- whitewash English
- whitewax English
- whiteweed English
- whitewing English
- whitewood English
- whitework English
- whiteworm English
- whitewort English
- whitey English
- whitify English
- whiting English
- whitish English
- whitism English
- whitist English
- whitleather English
- whitling English
- whitret English
- whity English
- *ḱweyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱweytós Proto-Indo-European
- *hwītaz Proto-Germanic
- ホワイト Japanese
- bilehwit Old English
- hwitian Old English
- hwitnes Old English
- hwīt Old English
- श्वेत Sanskrit
- whit Middle English
- *světъ Proto-Slavic
- श्वेत Hindi
- सफ़ेद Hindi
- सफ़ेदी Hindi
- սպիտակ Armenian
- سفیدپوست Persian
- پوست Persian
- սպիտակ Old Armenian
- սպիտակուց Old Armenian
- seta Pali
- સફેદ Gujarati
- સફેદો Gujarati
- *ćwaytás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- свѣтъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- سفید Urdu
- spyt' Middle Persian
- spî Northern Kurdish
- wait Tok Pisin
- *cwaytáh Proto-Iranian
- ਸਫ਼ੈਦ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ಶ್ವೇತ Kannada
- سپين Pashto, Pushto
- waet Bislama
- اسپیت Baluchi
- 𐨯𐨤𐨡 Gandhari
- sipi Talysh