سواد

sawād, s.m. Blackness; black colour; blackening; soot; smoke; black clothing; the black or inner part of the heart, the heart's core; the rural district (of any province or town), environs (of a city), suburbs;—a rough draft; reading; ability:—sawād-ě-a`ẕam, s.m. Any large city; Mecca:—sawādu`l-bat̤n, s.m. The liver.