blackness (of hair, eyes, ink, etc.)
(archaic)· Saadi Shirazi لبان لعل چون خون کبوتر -- سواد زلف چون پر پرستو, (please add an English translation of this quotation)
darkness (of night, etc.)
(archaic)
innermost part (of heart)
(archaic)
draft, an early version of a written document
(archaic)· Tarikh-i Bayhaqi استادم گفته سوادی کرده ام امروز بیاض کنند... گفت [ امیر ] نیک آمد., (please add an English translation of this quotation)
manuscript (hand-written document)
(archaic)· Khaqani منم که گاه کتابت سواد شعر مرا فلک سزد که شود دفتر و ملک ورّاق ., (please add an English translation of this quotation)
copy (the result of copying)
(archaic)
Sawad, the fertile territory in southern Mesopotamia
(archaic)
countryside (rural area) (used both in singular and plural forms)
(archaic)· Hudud al-'Alam و اندر وی [ اندر خوزستان ] رودهای عظیم و آبهای روان است و سوادهای خرم, (please add an English translation of this quotation)