# ساده
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

ساده • (sade)
* simple, plain, basic, unembellished, lacking adornment, ornamentation, or additions
    Synonyms: بسیط (basit), بیاغی (bayağı)
* pure, unmixed, unadulterated, not mixed or adulterated with foreign materials or pollutants
    Synonym: صاف (saf)
* simple-minded, naive, artless, ingenuous, unsophisticated, lacking subtlety or sophistication
    Synonyms: ساده‌دل (sadedil), ساده‌لوح (sadelevh), صاف (saf), طوی (toy)
* 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

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “ساده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 57
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sade”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4004
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ساده”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 261a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ساده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 657
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Simplex”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1557
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ساده”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2510
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sade”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ساده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1026

## Pashto
### Adjective

ساده • (sādá)
* simple, uncomplicated, unpretentious, artless, primitive
* simple-minded, credulous, naïve
* short-witted, mentally limited
* pure, without contaminants
* beardless, clean-shaven
* humble, of modest means
* 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

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sɑː.ˈða]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɑː.d̪ǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɑː.d̪ǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɑː.d̪ǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sɔː.d̪ǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sɒː.d̪é]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sɔ.d̪ǽ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Adjective

| Dari | ساده |
| Iranian Persian | ساده |
| Tajik | сода |
ساده • (sâde) (comparative ساده‌تَر (sâde-tar), superlative ساده‌تَرین (sâde-tarin))
* 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.
* easy
    Synonym: آسان (âsân)
* plain, ordinary

#### Derived terms

* سادگی (sâdegi)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: sadə
* → Bengali: সাদা (śada)
* → Georgian: სადა (sada)
* → Gujarati: સાદું (sādũ)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: सादा (sādā)
    Urdu: سادہ (sādā)
* → Marathi: साधे (sādhe)
* → Ottoman Turkish: ساده (sade)
** Turkish: sade
** → Armenian: սատե (sate), սա̈դա̈ (sädä)
** → Romanian: sadea
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਦਾ (sādā)
    Shahmukhi script: سادہ (sādh)
* → Uzbek: sodda
* → South Levantine Arabic: سادة (sāda)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Adjective

ساده • (sāda)
* Alternative spelling of سادة