أسود

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أسود¹

  • /ʔas.wad/

Where it comes from

Color or defect adjective from the root س و د (s w d).

adjective أَسْوَد · ʔaswad · سَوْدَاء · سُود · سُودَان

  1. black رَجُل أَسْوَد

Similar: أَسْوَد, آدم, بَهِيم, أَدْهَم, رَمَادِي, أَحَمّ, يَحْمُوم, أَخْضَر, أَسْخَم, أَفْحَم, أَسْمَر, غِرْبِيب, جَوْن

noun أَسْوَد · ʔaswad · سُود · سُودَان · الْأَسْوَد

  1. black person

أسود²

  • /ʔas.wad/

Where it comes from

Elative of سَيِّد (sayyid, “liberal, generous; noble, high-born; wise”).

adjective أَسْوَد · ʔaswad · أَسَاوِد · الْأَسْوَد · سُودى

  1. more liberal, more generous; most liberal, most generous
  2. nobler, more high-born; noblest, most high-born
  3. wiser; wisest

Similar: أَسْوَد, آدم, بَهِيم, أَدْهَم, رَمَادِي, أَحَمّ, يَحْمُوم, أَخْضَر, أَسْخَم, أَفْحَم, أَسْمَر, غِرْبِيب, جَوْن

أسود³

  • /ʔu.suːd/

noun أُسُود · ʔusūd

  1. plural plural of أَسَد (ʔasad): lions

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"أسود." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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أسود. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF

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"أسود." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أسود},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-أسود.ogg.