سوداء

Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saw.daːʔ/

Adjective

سَوْدَاء • (sawdāʔ) f

feminine singular of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black”)

Noun

سَوْدَاء • (sawdāʔ) f

black bile, as one of the four liquids of ancient humor medical theory
by extension, melancholy, sadness, gloom

Declension

Declension of noun **سَوْدَاء** (sawdāʔ)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَوْدَاء sawdāʔ	السَّوْدَاء as-sawdāʔ	سَوْدَاء sawdāʔ
nominative	سَوْدَاءُ sawdāʔu	السَّوْدَاءُ as-sawdāʔu	سَوْدَاءُ sawdāʔu
accusative	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa	السَّوْدَاءَ as-sawdāʔa	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa
genitive	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa	السَّوْدَاءِ as-sawdāʔi	سَوْدَاءِ sawdāʔi

Derived terms

سَوْدَاوِيّ (sawdāwiyy)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: sövda
→ Chagatai: سودا
- Uyghur: سەۋدا (sewda)
- Uzbek: savdo
→ Old Georgian: სევდაჲ (sevday)
- Georgian: სევდა (sevda)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سودا (sevda)
- Turkish: sevda
- → Albanian: sevda
- → Bulgarian: севда (sevda)
- → Greek: σεβντάς (sevntás)
- → Laz: სევდა (sevda), სევდალი (sevdali)
- → Macedonian: севда (sevda)
- → Romanian: sevda
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: севдах
  - Latin script: sevdah
→ Persian: سودا (sowdâ)
>? Portuguese: saudade (possible influence)
→ Swahili: soda
→ Urdu: سودا (sodā)