سروش

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian slwš (/⁠Srōš⁠/), from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬱𐬀 (sraoša, “Sraosha”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.ˈɾoːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾóːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾóːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾóːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.ɾʊ́ːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ɹúːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾɵ́ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	surōš
Dari reading?	surōš
Iranian reading?	soruš
Tajik reading?	surüš

Proper noun

سروش • (sorôš)

1. (Islam, poetry) A messenger angel who brings good news from God, an Islamization of the Zoroastrian figure; often considered a Persian name or title of the archangel Gabriel.
2. (Zoroastrianism, Iranian mythology) Sraosha, yazata of conscience
3. a male given name, Soroosh

Derived terms

• سروشی (soruši, “angelic”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: süruş
• → Udi: соруш (soruš)
• → Urdu: سروش (saroš)

Urdu

سروش

Etymology

From Classical Persian سروش (surōš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾoːʃ/
• Rhymes: -oːʃ
• Hyphenation: سَ‧روش

Noun

سَروش • (saroś) m (Hindi spelling सरोश)

1. (Islam) Gabriel, the archangel of revelation.
2. a heavenly voice which comes from the divine, an unseen voice from Heaven; the voice of an angel.
3. (by extension) intuition.
4. (figurative) good news.

Derived terms

• نَوائے سَروش (navā-e-saroś, “angelic voice”)
• سَروشِ غَیب (saroś-e-ğaib)

References

• “سروش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سروش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سروش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “سروش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.