صدا

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَدَأْ (ṣadaʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤada/
Homophone: صَدَى (ṣada)

Noun

صدا • (ṣada) m

rust

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَدَّأ (ṣaddaʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤadda/

Verb

صدا • (ṣadda) I (non-past يِصَدِّي (yiṣaddi))

to rust
الحديد صدأ ― al-ḥadīd ṣadda ― the steel rusted

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan, “echo”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈdaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d̪ɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.d̪ɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.d̪ɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.d̪ɒ́ː], [sæ.d̪ɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d̪ɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sadā
Dari reading^?	sadā
Iranian reading^?	sedâ, sadâ
Tajik reading^?	sado

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

صدا • (sadā / sedâ, sadâ) (plural صداها (sadā-hā / sedâ-hâ, sadâ-hâ), Tajik spelling садо)

sound, call, voice
Synonyms: آوا (āwā / âvâ), ندا (nidā / nedâ)
- Farhad, (mard-e tanhâ)
  با صدای بی‌صدا
  مثه یه کوه بلند
  مثه یه خواب کوتاه
  یه مرد بود یه مرد
  bâ sedâ-ye bi-sedâ
  mes-e ye kuh boland
  mes-e ye xâb kutâh
  ye mard bud, ye mard
  with a voiceless voice,
  lofty as a mountain,
  brief as a dream,
  there was a man, a man...
  (مثه is a phonetic spelling of the colloquial variant of مثلِ)
noise

Derived terms

nouns, adjectives

بی‌صدا (bē-sadā / bi-sedâ)
سر و صدا (sar u sadā / sar o sedâ)
صدادار (sadā-dār / sedâ-dâr)
هم‌صدا (ham-sadā / ham-sedâ)
پادصدا (pād-sadā / pâd-sedâ, “antiphonal”)

verbs

صدا زدن (sadā zadan / sedâ zadan)
صدا کردن (sadā kardan / sedâ kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sadā), from Arabic صَدًى (ṣadan).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.d̪ɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Hyphenation: صَ‧دا

Noun

صَدا • (sadā) f (Hindi spelling सदा)

References

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