سرا

See also: سزا

Arabic

Adverb

سِرًّا • (sirran)

1. secretly
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:274:

     الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم بِٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

     allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahum bi-l-layli wan-nahāri sirran waʕalāniyatan falahum ʔajruhum ʕinda rabbihim walā ḵawfun ʕalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarā
Iranian reading?	sarâ
Tajik reading?	saro

Noun

سرا • (sarâ)

1. Alternative form of سرای (sarây)

Etymology 2

Verb

سرا • (sorâ)

1. Alternative form of سرای (sorây)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरा (surā) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH (“liquor”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬁 (hurā), Middle Persian [script needed] (hwl /⁠hur⁠/).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾɑː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	surā
Iranian reading?	sorâ
Tajik reading?	suro

Noun

سرا • (sorā)

1. (obsolete) wine

Derived terms

• سراگر

 

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سرا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul