Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.feːd̪/, [sɐ.feːd̪], /sə.pʰeːd̪/, [sɐ.pʰeːd̪]

Adjective

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सफेद (saphed) (indeclinable)

  1. nuqtaless form of सफ़ेद (safed)

Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سفید (safēd). Doublet of श्वेत (śvet).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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सफेद (saphed)

  1. white
    Synonyms: श्वेत (śvet), पांढरे (pāṇḍhre)

Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सफेद”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary[1], New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 152
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सफेत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 821
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सफेत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).