سرکوب

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Persian

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Etymology

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سر (sar, head) +‎ کوب (kub, present stem of کوفتن (kuftan, to pound, to knock)): "head-pounding".

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sarkōḇ
Dari reading? sarkōb
Iranian reading? sarkub
Tajik reading? sarküb

Noun

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Dari سرکوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik саркӯб

سرکوب (sarkub)

  1. repression; abuse
    سرکوب سیاسیsarkub-e siyâsipolitical repression
  2. (archaic) eminence, towering building
  3. (obsolete) reproach, reproof, rebuke; stronger than سرزنش (sarzaneš, literally head-tapping).
    • early 1300s, Awhadī Marāğa'i, “Ghazal 258”, in دیوان اوحدی[1]:
      از بس که کردم سرزنش دل را به یاد آوردنش
      بیچاره از سرکوب پر حیران و گیج و دنگ شد
      az bas ki kardam sarzaniš dil rā ba yād āwardan-aš
      bēčāra az sarkōb pur hayrān u gēj u dang šud
      So much did I blame my heart that, when it remembered,
      It could not help but become confused and dizzy and astonished from the rebuke.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

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