Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root م د د (m-d-d), whence مَدَّ (madda, to extend, stretch, spread out).

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Noun edit

مِدَاد (midādm (plural أَمِدَّة (ʔamidda))

  1. ink
    Synonym: حِبْر (ḥibr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:109:
      قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا
      Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement."
  2. dung, manure
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:براز
  3. lamp oil

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Descendants edit

  • Moroccan Arabic: مداد (mdād)
  • Persian: مداد (medâd)

Noun edit

مَدَاد or مُدَّاد (madād or muddādm

  1. field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis
    Synonyms: مَدِيد (madīd), عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq), حَبْل الْمَسَاكِين (ḥabl al-masākīn), طَرْبُوش الْغُرَاب (ṭarbūš al-ḡurāb), عَصَب (ʕaṣab), عَصَب أُورُبِّي (ʕaṣab ʔūrubbī), لَبْلَاب (lablāb), لَبْلَاب الْحُقُول (lablāb al-ḥuqūl)

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References edit

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مداد”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 573–574
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مداد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1076
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مداد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1192

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مِدَاد (midād).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mdaːd/
  • (file)

Noun edit

مداد (mdādm (plural مدادات (mdādāt))

  1. ink

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد (midād, ink). Displaced native زکاب (zakâb).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? miḏāḏ
Dari reading? midād
Iranian reading? medâd
Tajik reading? midod

Noun edit

Dari پنسل
Iranian Persian مداد
Tajik қалам, мидод

مِداد (medâd) (plural مدادها (medâd-hâ))

  1. pencil
    Synonyms: زکاب (zakâb), قلم مداد (qalem-e medâd)

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