ساده

See also: سادة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ساده (sâde, “plain, simple”).

Adjective

ساده • (sade)

  1. simple, plain, basic, unembellished, lacking adornment, ornamentation, or additions
    Synonyms: بسیط (basit), بیاغی (bayağı)
  2. pure, unmixed, unadulterated, not mixed or adulterated with foreign materials or pollutants
    Synonym: صاف (saf)
  3. simple-minded, naive, artless, ingenuous, unsophisticated, lacking subtlety or sophistication
    Synonyms: ساده‌دل (sadedil), ساده‌لوح (sadelevh), صاف (saf), طوی (toy)
  4. plain, unseasoned, not sprinkled with seasoning, such as salt and pepper or other condiment
    Synonym: تربیه‌سز (terbiyesiz)

Derived terms

  • آق ساده (ak sade, “plain white dress”)
  • ساده بورك (sade börek, “kind of plain pastry”)
  • ساده صقال (sade sakal, “natural beard”)
  • ساده قهوه (sade kahve, “coffe without sugar”)
  • ساده قوشاق (sade kuşak, “humbly, without pretensions”)
  • ساده كوزل (sade güzel, “naturally beautiful”)
  • ساده یاغ (sade yağ, “clarified butter”)
  • ساده‌باز (sadebaz, “who plays fairly”)
  • ساده‌دل (sadedil, “simple-minded, naive”)
  • ساده‌رو (saderu, “beardless”)
  • ساده‌كار (sadekâr, “plain-working, plain-dealing”)
  • ساده‌لك (sadelik, “plainness, simpleness”)
  • ساده‌لوح (sadelevh, “simple-minded”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

Pashto

Adjective

ساده • (sādá)

  1. simple, uncomplicated, unpretentious, artless, primitive
  2. simple-minded, credulous, naïve
  3. short-witted, mentally limited
  4. pure, without contaminants
  5. beardless, clean-shaven
  6. humble, of modest means
  7. banal, trite, commonplace, petty, vulgar

References

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

 

Readings
Classical reading? sāda
Dari reading? sāda
Iranian reading? sâde
Tajik reading? soda
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

Dari ساده
Iranian Persian
Tajik сода

ساده • (sâde) (comparative ساده‌تَر, superlative ساده‌تَرین)

  1. 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.
  2. easy
    Synonym: آسان (âsân)
  3. plain, ordinary

Derived terms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Adjective

ساده • (sāda)

  1. alternative spelling of سادة
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