श्वेत

See also: श्वेता and श्वेति

Hindi

Alternative forms

स्वेत (svet) (colloquial)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃʋeːt̪]

Adjective

श्वेत • (śvet) (Urdu spelling شویت‎)

white
उस वृद्ध की दाढ़ी सम्पूर्ण रूप से श्वेत है।
us vŕddh kī dāṛhī sampūrṇ rūp se śvet hai.
That old man's beard is completely white.

Synonyms

(more common) सफ़ेद (safed)

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “श्वेत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śwaytás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwaytás (compare Persian ‎ (sefid)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”) (compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ), Old English hwīt (whence English white)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɐj.t̪ɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕʋeː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

श्वेत • (śvetá) (Vedic śvaitá)

white
Synonym: शुक्ल (śuklá)
bright

Descendants

Hindi: श्वेत (śvet) (borrowing), स्वेत (svet)
→ Telugu: శ్వేతము (śvētamu)

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