ساده

See also: سادة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (sâde)

Adjective

ساده • (sade)

plain, simple
Synonym: بسیط‎ (basit)

Declension

Turkish: sade
→ Armenian: սատե (sate), սա̈դա̈ (sädä)

References

Şemseddin Sâmi (1901), “ساده”, in Kamus-ı Türki (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 697

Pashto

Adjective

ساده • (sādá)

simple, uncomplicated, unpretentious, artless, primitive
simple-minded, credulous, naïve
short-witted, mentally limited
pure, without contaminants
beardless, clean-shaven
humble, of modest means
banal, trite, commonplace, petty, vulgar

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “ساده”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
“ساده”, in Pashto Dictionary (in English), Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sādag, whence also Arabic سَاذَج‎ (sāḏaj). Compare Bactrian σαδγο (sadgo, “plain, even”) and Old Armenian սատակ (satak), a Middle Iranian loanword.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /sɑːˈda/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /sɒːˈda/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sɒːˈde/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /sɔːˈda/
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Adjective

Iranian Persian	ساده
Dari	ساده
Tajik	сода (soda)

ساده • (sâde) (comparative ساده‌تَر‎ (sâde-tar), superlative ساده‌تَرین‎ (sâde-tarin))

simple
- c. 1260, Rumi, The Masnavi:
  ‏حمله بر خود می‌‌کنی ای ساده مرد، همچو آن شیری که بر خود حمله کرد.‎‎
  hamle bar xod mi-koni ey sâde mard, hamčo ân šir-i ke bar xod hamle kard.
  You are attacking yourself, o simple man, like that lion who attacked himself.
easy
Synonym: آسان‎ (âsân)
plain, ordinary

Derived terms

سادگی‎ (sâdegi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: sadə
→ Bengali: সাদা (sada)
→ Gujarati: સાદું (sādũ)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सादा (sādā)
Urdu: سادہ‎ (sādā)
→ Marathi: साधे (sādhe)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ساده‎
- Turkish: sade (sade)
- → Romanian: sadea
→ Punjabi:
Shahmukhi: سادہ‎ (sādh)
Gurmukhi: ਸਾਦਾ (sādā)
→ South Levantine Arabic: سادة‎ (sāda)

South Levantine Arabic

Adjective

ساده • (sāda)

Alternative spelling of سادة‎