شدت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِدَّة (šidda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃið.ˈdat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪd̪.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪd̪.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪd̪.d̪ǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃid̪.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃed̪.d̪ǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃid̪.d̪ǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šiḏḏat
Dari reading?	šiddat
Iranian reading?	šeddat
Tajik reading?	šiddat

Noun

Dari	شدت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шиддат

شدت • (šeddat)

1. depth, intensity

   شدت نور ― šeddat-e nur ― luminous intensity

2. severity, ferocity, harshness

   به شدت ― be šeddat ― strongly, intensely, severely

Related terms

• شدید (šadid, “severe”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شدت (šiddat), from Arabic شِدَّة (šidda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪd̪.d̪ət̪/

Noun

شِدَّت • (śiddat) f (Hindi spelling शिद्दत)

1. severity, sternness; intensity, harshness

References

• “شدت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شدت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.