Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic صَدَأْ (ṣadaʔ).

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Noun

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صدا (ṣadam

  1. rust

Etymology 2

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From Arabic صَدَّأ (ṣaddaʔ).

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Verb

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صدا (ṣadda) I (non-past يِصَدِّي (yiṣaddi))

  1. to rust
    الحديد صدأ
    al-ḥadīd ṣadda
    the steel rusted

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan, echo).

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Readings
Classical reading? saḏā
Dari reading? sadā
Iranian reading? sedâ, sadâ
Tajik reading? sado
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Noun

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Dari صدا
Iranian Persian
Tajik садо

صِدا or صَدا (sedâ or sadâ) (plural صداها (sedâ-hâ))

  1. sound, call, voice
    Synonyms: آوا (âvâ), نِدا (nedâ)
    • Farhad, مرد تنها (mard-e tanhâ)
      با صدای بی‌صدا
      مثه یه کوه بلند
      مثه یه خواب کوتاه
      یه مرد بود یه مرد
      sedâ-ye bi-sedâ
      mes-e ye kuh boland
      mes-e ye xâb kutâh
      ye mard bud, ye mard
      with a voiceless voice,
      lofty as a mountain,
      brief as a dream,
      there was a man, a man...
      (مثه is a phonetic spelling of the colloquial variant of مثلِ)
  2. noise
    Synonym: سَر و صِدا (sar-o-sedâ)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صدا (sadā), from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan).

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Noun

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صَدا (sadāf (Hindi spelling सदा)

  1. sound, voice, echo
  2. call, shout, cry
  3. ring, bell

References

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