सफ़ेद

Hindi

adj
Definitions
  • white color
  • white, fair used for appearance of a person or animal
  • clean
  • blank

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سفید (white) derived from Middle Persian spyt' (white) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (shine, bright).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱweytos

Gloss

shine, bright

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️

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