সোহরাওয়ার্দী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী (śōh‌raōẇardi), সোরাওয়ার্দী (śōraōẇardi), সোরওয়ার্দি (śōrōẇardi), সোরয়ার্দি (śōroẏardi), সরোয়ার্দি (śorōẇardi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سهروردی (suhrawardī), from سهرورد (suhraward, “Sohrevard”) +‎ ـی (-ī, 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

• IPA^(key): /so(ɦ)ɾao̯aɾd̪i/, [ˈso(ɦ)ɾəo̯ɑɾd̪iˑ], [ˈsoɾɒo̯ɑɾd̪iˑ], [ˈsɔɾoo̯aɾd̪iˑ]

Proper noun

সোহরাওয়ার্দী • (śōh‌raōẇardi)

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