مداد

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

مِدَاد (midād) m (plural أَمِدَّة (ʾamidda))

  1. ink
    Synonym: حِبْر (ḥibr) (more common)
  2. dung, manure
  3. lamp oil

Declension

References

  • 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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِدَاد (midād, ink).

Noun

Dari Persian پنسل
Iranian Persian مداد
Tajiki Persian қалам (qalam)

مداد (medâd)

  1. pencil

Synonyms

  • قلم مداد (qalem-e medâd)

Derived terms

  • مداد رنگی (medâd-e rangi)
  • مداد نقاشی (medâd-e naqâši)
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