سفيد safed, vulg. safaid, sufed, sufaid
P سفيد safed, vulg. safaid, sufed, sufaid [old P. saped; Pehl. śpet; Zend śpaéta, rt. śpit; S. श्वेत, rt. श्वित्], adj. White; clean, blank:—safaid-posh, adj. & s.m. Clothed in white;—a man dressed in white; one who can afford good clothing, a well-to-do man:—safed tulsī, s.f. White basil:—sufaid sumbul, s.m. White oxide of arsenic:—sufaid t̤ut̤a, s.m. White vitriol, zinc:—sufaid karnā, v.t. To whiten, to clean; to whitewash:—sufaid miṭṭī, s.f. Chalky soil; chalk:—safaid honā or safaid paṛ-jānā, To become white; to become grey; to turn pale:—lahū safaid honā, 'The blood to turn white'; to grow cold or indifferent.
