Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of سَوَّدَ (sawwada, to blacken, to darken, to denigrate, to make someone a master) from the root س و د (s-w-d), and of denominal verb سَوَّدَ (sawwada, to Swedify)

Noun edit

تَسْوِيد (taswīdm

  1. verbal noun of سَوَّدَ (sawwada) (form II)
  2. darkening, blackening