# شاد
## Arabic
### Verb

شَادَّ • (šādda) III (non-past يُشَادُّ (yušāddu), verbal noun مُشَادَّة (mušādda) or شِدَاد (šidād))
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#### Conjugation
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian شاد (šâd).

### Adjective

شاد • (şad)
* happy, glad

#### Descendants

* Turkish: şad

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šʾt' /⁠šād⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 (š-i-y-a-t /⁠šiyāta-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *šyaHtas (“happy”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čyaHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-to-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“peace, rest”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃɑːð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃɑːd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃɑːd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃɑːd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃɔːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃɒːd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃɔd̪]

### Adjective

| Dari | شاد |
| Iranian Persian | شاد |
| Tajik | шод |
شاد • (šâd) (comparative شادتَر (šâd-tar), superlative شادتَرین (šâd-tarin))
* glad, happy, cheerful
    Synonym: خوشحال (xošhâl)
    شاد و پیروز باشید. ― šâd o piruz bâšid. ― Be happy and successful.
** c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Manūchihr”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:یکایک به شاه آمد این آگهی که سام آمد از کوه با فرّهی بدان آگهی شد منوچهر شاد بسی از جهان آفرین کرد یادyakāyak ba šāh āmad īn āgahī ki sām āmad az kōh bā farrahī bad-ān āgahī šud manūchihr šād basē az jahān āfarīn kard yādAll at once, the news came to the king That Sām had come down from the mountain in glory. Manūchihr was gladdened by this news; Oft did he remember the World-Creator.(Classical Persian romanization)
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 138”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:یاد باد آن که ز ما وقت سفر یاد نکرد به وداعی دل غمدیدهٔ ما شاد نکردyād bād ān ki zi mā waqt-i safar yād na-kard ba wadā'ē dil-i ğamdīda-yi mā šād na-kardBlessed by the memory of she who did not tell me when she would leave, Who did not make my grief-stricken heart happy with even a single farewell.(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Derived terms

* شاد شدن (šâd šodan, “to become happy”)
* شاد کردن (šâd kardan, “to make happy”)
* دلشاد (delšâd, “happy, merry, glad”)
* شاباش (šâbâš, “bravo”)
* شاد باد (šâd bâd, “may... prosper”)
* شاداب (šâdâb, “juicy; succulent”)
* شادبهر (šâdbahr, “joyful, merry”)
* شادخواب (šâdxâb, “sound sleep”)
* شادخوار (šâdxâr, “merry, happy; wine-bibber”)
* شاددل (šâddel, “blithe, merry”)
* شادروان (šâdravân, “the late, deceased”)
* شادمان (šâdmân, “happy”)
* شادمهر (šâdmehr)
* شادکام (šâdkâm, “happy, merry”)
* شادی (šâdi, “joy; happiness”)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: şad
* → Bashkir: шат (şat)
* → Chagatai: شاد
** Uyghur: شات (shat)
** Uzbek: shod
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शाद (śād)
    Urdu: شاد (śād)
* → Kazakh: шат (şat)
* → Ottoman Turkish: شاد (şad)
** Turkish: şad
* → Punjabi:śād
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਦ
    Shahmukhi script: شاد (śād)
* → Tatar: шат (şat)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاد (šād).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʃɑːd̪/

### Adjective

شاد • (śād) (Hindi spelling शाद)
* happy, glad, cheerful, joyful

#### Related terms

* شادی (śādī)

### Further reading

* “شاد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.