مسود

• IPA^(key): /mus.wadd/
  • (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /mɪs.wɐdd/

مُسْوَدّ • (muswadd) (feminine مُسْوَدَّة (muswadda), masculine plural مُسْوَدُّونَ (muswaddūna), feminine plural مُسْوَدَّات (muswaddāt))

1. darkened, looking dark
2. blackened, looking black
3. sad, sorrowful, gloomy [with وَجْه (wajh)]

   أَتَانَا مُسْوَدَّ اَلْوَجْهِ بَعْدَ اَلْمُكَالَمَةِ فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّ عَمَلِيَّةَ صَدِيقِهِ الجِّرَاحَيَّةَ بَاءَتْ بِالْفَشَلِ

   ʔatānā muswadda al-wajhi baʕda l-mukālamati fa-ẓanannā ʔanna ʕamaliyyata ṣadīqihi l-jirāḥayyata bāʔat bi-l-fašali

   He came to us [with] his face darkened after the call so we assumed that his friend's medical procedure had failed.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:58:

     وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنْثَى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

     wa-ʔiḏā buššira ʔaḥaduhum bi-l-ʔunṯā ẓalla wajhuhu muswaddan wa-huwa kaẓīmun

     Whenever one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.

4. ashamed [with وَجْه (wajh)]

From Arabic مُسْوَدّ (muswadd).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.səʋ.ʋəd̪/
• Rhymes: -əd̪

مُسَوَّد • (musavvad) (Hindi spelling मुसव्वद)

1. blackened

• “مسود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مسود”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.