סר

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ס־ו־ר (s-w-r)

Verb[edit]

סָר (sar) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

  1. to turn, to turn aside
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) to depart
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ס־ר־ר (s-r-r)

Adjective[edit]

סַר (sár) (feminine סַרָה, masculine plural סַרִים, feminine plural סַרוֹת)

  1. angry, implacable, resentful, stubborn, sullen.

Persian[edit]

Noun[edit]

סר (sar)

  1. Judeo-Persian spelling of سر (sar).
    • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
      סר אפֿראז המה פייגֿמבראן בוד
      המישה בא מלאייך המזבאן בוד
      sar-e afrâd-e hame peyğambarân bud
      hamiše bâ malâyek hamzabân bud
      He was the head of all the prophets,
      Always in agreement with the angels.