سرافراز
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Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- سرفراز (sarfarâz)
Etymology[edit]
Compound of سَرـ (sar-) + فَراز (farâz)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.ɾɑː.fa.ɾɑːz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.ɹɒː.fæ.ɹɒːz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɔ.fä.ɾɔz]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sarāfarāz |
Dari reading? | sarāfarāz |
Iranian reading? | sarâfarâz |
Tajik reading? | sarofaroz |
Dari | سرافراز |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | сарофароз |
Adjective[edit]
سرافراز • (sarāfarâz)
- proud, triumphant
- exalted, eminent, distinguished
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3986:
- عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من
مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن- 'arza kun bar man šahādat rā ki man
mar tarā dīdam sarāfarāz-i zaman - Offer me the profession of the Faith, for I
regard you as the exalted one of the time.”
- 'arza kun bar man šahādat rā ki man
References[edit]
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سرافراز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim