سوری

See also: سوري

Ottoman Turkish

سوری

Alternative forms

• سورو (sürü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sürüġ (“flock, herd”), a derivation from *sǖr- (“to drive before one, to lead, to drive away”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sürü.

Noun

سوری • (sürü or süri) (definite accusative سوری‌یی (sürüyü, süriyi), plural سوریلر (sürüler, süriler))

1. herd, flock, pack, drove, shoal, any collection of animals gathered or travelling together

   Synonym: قطیع (katiʼ)

2. crowd, throng, horde, multitude, a group of people congregated into a close body

   Synonyms: قالابالق (kalabalık), كومه (küme)

Derived terms

• سوری سوری (sürü sürü, “in droves, in flocks”)
• سوری سپت (sürü sepet, “servants and baggage”)
• سوریجی (sürücü, “drover”)

Related terms

• سورمك (sürmek, “to drive; to drive away, ban; to proper”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sürü
• → Armenian: սիւրիւ (siwriw), սուրու (suru)
• → Laz: სური (suri)

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “سوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 108
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sürü1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4395
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “سوری”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 278b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سوری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 699
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Grex”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 674
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سوری”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2706
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sürü”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سوری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090

Persian

Dari	سوری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сурӣ

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /suː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.ɾi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɹiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading?	sūrī
Dari reading?	sūrī
Iranian reading?	suri
Tajik reading?	suri

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Iranian with suffix ـی (-i) attached, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cuxráh (“red”). Doublet of سرخ (sorx) which was inherited. Compare Central Kurdish سوور (sûr, “red”), Pashto سور (sur, “red”), Northern Luri سور (sur, “red”).

Adjective

سوری • (suri)

1. (poetic) red

   Synonyms: قرمز (qermez), سرخ (sorx)

   • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[6]:

     تجلی گر نگردی رنگ این می در گل سوری
     ز عشقش روز و شب افغان نکردی بلبل شیدا

     tajalli gar na-gardi rang-e in mey dar gol-e suri
     ze ešq-aš ruz o šab afġân na-kardi bolbol-e šeydâ

     Had the hue of this wine not been manifest in the red rose,
     The frenzied nightingale would not cry out day and night out of love for it.

Derived terms

• چهارشنبه‌سوری (čahāršanba-sūrī / čahâršanbe-suri, “Chaharshanbe Suri”)

Noun

سوری • (suri)

1. (poetic) red rose
2. (poetic) red wine

Etymology 2

From سور (sur, “nuptials, banquet, entertainment”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Noun

سوری • (suri)

1. hanger-on, person fond of feasting or dinner-hunting

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic سُورِيّ (sūriyy).

Adjective

سوری • (suri)

1. Syrian

   Synonym: سوریه‌ای (suriye-'i)

Noun

سوری • (suri)

1. Syrian (person)

   Synonym: سوریه‌ای (suriye-'i)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُورِيّ (sūriyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /suː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

سُورِی • (sūrī) (Hindi spelling सूरी)

1. Syrian

Noun

سُورِی • (sūrī) m or f (Hindi spelling सूरी)

1. Syrian (person)

Declension

Masculine:

Declension of سوری

	singular	plural
direct	سُوری (sūrī)	سُوری (sūrī)
oblique	سُوری (sūrī)	سُورِیوں (sūriyõ)
vocative	سُوری (sūrī)	سُورِیو (sūriyo)

Feminine:

Declension of سوری

	singular	plural
direct	سُوری (sūrī)	سُورِیاں (sūriyā̃)
oblique	سُوری (sūrī)	سُورِیوں (sūriyō̃)
vocative	سُوری (sūrī)	سُورِیو (sūriyō)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Shina سُورِہ (sūrih).

Noun

سوری (sōrī)

1. sun