Arabic

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Root
س و د (s w d)
17 terms

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مُسْوَدّ (muswadd) (feminine مُسْوَدَّة (muswadda), masculine plural مُسْوَدُّونَ (muswaddūna), feminine plural مُسْوَدَّات (muswaddāt))

  1. darkened, looking dark
  2. blackened, looking black
  3. (construct with وجه) sad, sorrowful, gloomy
    أَتَانَا مُسْوَدَّ اَلْوَجْهِ بَعْدَ اَلْمُكَالَمَةِ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّ عَمَلِيَّةَ صَدِيقِهِ الجِّرَاحَيَّةَ بَاءَتْ بِالْفَشَلِ
    ʔatānā muswadda l-wajhi baʕda l-mukālamati faẓanannā ʔanna ʕamaliyyata ṣadīqihi l-jirāḥayyata bāʔat bi-l-fašali
    He came to us [with] his face blackend after the call so we assumed that his friend's medical procedure has failed.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:58:
      وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
      Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.
  4. (construct with وجه) ashamed

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Urdu

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُسْوَدّ (muswadd).

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مُسَوَّد (musavvad) (Hindi spelling मुसव्वद)

  1. blackened

References

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