সোহরাওয়ার্দী

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سهروردی (suhrawardī), from سهرورد (suhraward, Sohrevard) +‎ ـی (, relational suffix), with the first element from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (*swhrʾp-krt' /⁠*suhrāβ-gard⁠/), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (swhr /⁠suhr⁠/, red) +‎ [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp /⁠āβ⁠/, water) +‎ [Book Pahlavi needed] (krt' /⁠-gard⁠/, civic suffix), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cuxráh (bright), *Hā́fš (water) and *kr̥táh (done, made), respectively.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /so(h)ɾao̯aɾd̪i/, [ˈso(ɦ)ɾəo̯ɑɾd̪iˑ], [ˈsoɾɔo̯ɑɾd̪iˑ], [ˈsɔɾo̯ɑɾd̪iˑ]

Proper noun

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সোহরাওয়ার্দী (śōh‌raōẇardi)

  1. a surname, Suhrawardy, Suhrawardi, Sohrowardi, or Sorowardi, from Persian
  2. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a former Pakistani Bengali barrister and politician